We are delighted to welcome Rabbi Efrat Rotem to the Program! Rabbi Rotem will be teaching Elementary Modern Hebrew this fall (2018) and it is a great honor for us to have her on the faculty. Rabbi Rotem was ordained through the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem in 2015. She served as the rabbi of Kehilat HaLev in central Tel Aviv, a member congregation of the Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism. She also designed and taught courses and seminars on her rabbinical outlook, which integrates pluralist Judaism, critical feminism, and queer identity and worldview. In addition, she holds an MA in Literature from Tel Aviv University and has translated texts from English to Hebrew. She also studied Creative Writing at Haifa University. This range of experience and interests will invigorate our Hebrew program. We are looking forward to learning from her this fall!