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Join us for an intimate workshop and learning community space for womxn as we journey toward Synod together! We’ll grow together and share communal space in an open-meeting format. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to build community and gather.

Rev. Jes Kast and Tehilah Eisentadt will join us to offer wisdom and connection around being a womxn, loving God and neighbor well.

The Rev. Jes Kast is a progressive minister, constructive theologian, and gardener. Raised in Michigan, Jes took her second call to ministry in New York City. After the 2016 election, she longed to share healing and desired a slower way of life. Those passions, among many others led her to taking a call as the settled pastor at Faith UCC in State College, Pennsylvania where she now resides with her wife, Dr. Jessy, and together they have two cats and puppy named Charlie.

Tehilah Eisenstadt is an educator, activist, rabbinical school student. Her focus is on deepening the emotional resonance of educational experiences, creating interfaith relationships designed for creating a more empathetic world, enriching leadership pipelines through staff mentorship in Jewish organizations throughout the US, raising up silenced voices, and enabling Jews who felt they didn’t belong to connect with Jewish community. In 2023, she launched Wonder and Repair, through which she develops approaches to community-building and care that incorporate best practices in trauma-informed education and ritual. Tehilah is enrolled full-time at Academy for Jewish Religion, a trans denominational rabbinical school. She is also a full-time member of East End Temple’s leadership in NYC. Prior to this,Tehilah spent 15 years serving as Director of Education in synagogues, day schools, and JCCs across the denominational spectrum throughout New York City’s five boroughs. She has been honored to consult for Clal (national Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership), Charlie’s Colorform City (Netflix) and Cordoba House – Muslim Sunday School. Tehilah spent 11 years organizing Bring Back Our Girls NY (which officially joined global BBOG efforts in 2020) and 12 years as a non-denominational Mikva guide with ImmerseNYC for women and non-binary folx.