Our Roshim

Our roshim [heads] look after the organising of the Yeshiva, each focusing on specific areas of Queer Yeshiva life.

We hope to update this webpage soon with some more information about each of us!

Yossi

Rosh Logistics (Practicalities)

What goes where? Who needs to be there? When? Then? How much? HOW MUCH?! Yossi is responsible for most administrative tasks, as well as grant applications

Elana

Rosh Pedagogy

Feygl

Rosh Welfare

Natasha

Rosh Logistics (Finance and Technology)

In every queer enclave there is exactly one person who understands how pensions work. This is Natasha. Tasked with maintaining our web presence, and keeping track of the numbers, they make sure we can keep the yeshiva - somehow- both financially sustainable and accessible.

Reuben

Rosh Community

Reuben currently holds joint awards for best dressed Rosh, and most likely to tell you to stop working so hard. He is particularly interested in the intersection of logistics, welfare and accessibility, and is also responsible for exploring the future direction of Queer Yeshiva as a community.

Yael

Rosh Teaching

Yael, our resident neo-chassid, is Rosh Teaching. She exists at the intersection of Jewish and Islamic mysticism. She loves teaching, currently runs the Bnei Mitzvah course, and works with Elana to train the teachers in this year’s tractate of Talmud.

Rhi

Rosh Tefilah

Heading up prayer, services, minhag, and musical direction for Queer Yeshiva, Rhi quite literally sets the tone

Lota

Rosh Co-ordination

Lota attended last summer’s intensive and the Judaism she found was the Judaism she desired. She is now Rosh Co-ordination, ensuring this year’s intensive runs smoothly and curating an experience for everyone to enjoy. Lota is passionate about teaching her secondary school students and fights for access to progressive sex education.

Our teams

Our leadership teams help keep the Queer Yeshiva running. They are drawn from members of our community, and are involved in the different working groups headed by our Roshim. The current groups are:

  • Logistics team (headed by Natasha)

  • Tefila team (headed by Rhi)

  • Welfare team (headed by Feygl)

  • Teachers team (headed by Elana)

    Please email info@yeshiva.lgbt if you are in our community and interested in joining the logistics, tefila or welfare team.