Jewish Skills

Service leading

• Friday night (Kabbalat Shabbat, Ma’ariv)

• Shabbat morning (Shacharit, Torah service, Musaf)

• Hallel

• Festival Musaf

• Children’s services

Leyning (chanting texts)

• Torah — standard Ashkenazi

• Torah — Rosh HaShanah/Yom Kippur

• Eichah (Lamentations) — Tisha B’Av

• Megillat Esther — Purim

• Haftarah

Publications

Reluctant Prophets: Reading the Book of Jonah as a Queer Jew of Color

Is the Story of King David in the Bible a Queer Love Story?

Dinah: An Unexpected Trans Story

Classes Taught

“Midrash or Midr-AI-sh?” — Shavuot 2024 (view source sheet)

“You Saw Her Bathing on the Roof: Eavesdropping on David and Batsheva” — Shavuot 2023 (view source sheet)

Employment

The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies — Events Coordinator
June 2023 - present

Congregation Agudas Achim of Austin, Congregation Agudas Achim Religious School — Hebrew School Teacher
September 2022 - present

The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Middle Eastern Studies — Hebrew Teaching Assistant
August 2022 - May 2023

The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Diversity and Inclusion — Social Media Intern
February 2020 - May 2020

MOVE Texas — multiple roles
Field Intern — August 2018 - October 2018
Field Fellow — October 2018 - April 2019
Volunteer Coordinator — April 2019 - August 2019

Congregation Agudas Achim of San Antonio, Inda Posner Religious School — Hebrew School Art Assistant
August 2014 - May 2017

Skills

Languages

• Modern Hebrew - intermediate

• Biblical Hebrew - intermediate

• Mishnaic Hebrew - intermediate

• Arabic (fus’ha and shami) - intermediate

• Yiddish - beginner

Programs

• Microsoft Suite

  • Word

  • PowerPoint

  • Excel

• Adobe Creative Suite

  • Indesign

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

  • Premier

• Google Suites

  • Docs

  • Slides

  • Sheets

  • Forms

  • Classroom

• Administrative programs

  • Constant Contact

  • Qualtrics

  • Box

  • DocuSign

  • CalendarWiz

  • Shul Cloud