JSP’s Educator Studio is a unique cohort experience designed to support Jewish educators in cultivating creativity, professional community, and new pedagogical approaches.

Educator Studio

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  • Activate your inherent creativity as a core part of your educational leadership.

  • Gain tools to help you discern and reconnect with your deeper purpose.

  • Journey through the academic year with a dynamic and supportive community of peers.

Read this article by Ed Studio lead, Rabbi Adam Lavitt to learn more!

“I’m deeply grateful for the care, depth, and integrity that shape this fellowship. The Jewish Studio Process became not only a pedagogical framework for me, but a lived practice that supported me through a profoundly transformative year.”

- Educator Studio, Cohort 3 participant

Educator Studio FAQs

2026-2027

Educator Studio Cohort 4

Marla Aviva Bentley

Ilene Cohen

Pam Cohen

Renata Feinstein

Rachel Fenyves

Jessie Gindea

Rachel Glazer

Jess Green

Cindy Kalish

Sarah Lauing Cohen

Amalia Mark

Sadie O’Neill

Rachel “RLO” Osias

Rainier Pearly-Styles

Lauren Quient

Jan Wolf

Rachel Wolff

“JSP is one of those rare organizations that actually practices what they preach. The content is rich and the connections are real. It was heavy work doing this learning, but it is worth it on the other side.”

- Educator Studio, Cohort 3 participant

Meet Rabbi Adam Lavitt, Ed Studio Lead Facilitator

JSP Director of Learning

Rabbi Adam Lavitt (he/they) is a spiritual companion, educator, and creative facilitator committed to helping people connect with their inner wisdom and explore what matters most. Drawing from his background in pastoral care, education, and chaplaincy, Adam creates transformative spaces where people can deepen their connection to themselves, each other, and Jewish tradition. Adam has served as a spiritual leader in congregations, college campuses, and healthcare settings. Ordained at Hebrew College, where he earned a Master’s in Jewish Education and the school’s first certificate in Pastoral Care, Adam also completed training as a Spiritual Director and became a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC). An alumnus of CLAL’s Rabbis Without Borders Fellowship and the JOIN for Justice Clergy Fellowship, Adam now works with the Jewish Studio Project, guiding educators, spiritual leaders, and seekers in integrating creativity and spirituality as pathways for growth and discovery.

Meet Our Alumni and Current Fellows

COHORT 3

Karli Atwell
Karen Bogard
Victoria Douzamy
Bex Ehrmann
Abbie Frankel
Stephanie Gray
Denae Ilan
Jackie Maris
Malka Packer-Monroe
Andrew Pepperstone
Alexandra Rosenbaum
Soreh Ruffman Rosenblum
Forrest Yesnes
Heather Seid
Esti Shapiro
Gail Swedroe
Mara Zeichner

COHORT 4

Marla Aviva Bentley
Ilene Cohen
Pam Cohen
Renata Feinstein
Rachel Fenyves
Jessie Gindea
Rachel Glazer
Jess Green
Cindy Kalish
Sarah Lauing Cohen
Amalia Mark
Sadie O’Neill
Rachel “RLO” Osias
Rainier Pearly-Styles
Lauren Quient
Jan Wolf
Rachel Wolff

COHORT 2

Earnest Arky Solomon
Caitlyn Case-Cohen
Mitchell Gordon
Tracie Guy-Decker
Hannah Henschel
Lisa Kipen-Hershenson
Susan Morrel
Susie Moskowitz
Kathy Parsonnet
Eli Sobel
Lily Solochek
Bekah Starr Sternbach
Annalee Thompson
Ariel Wolpe
Akiko Yonekawa

COHORT 1

Joel Abramovitz
Liora Alban
Suzanne Bates
Sarah Browning
Leah Friedman
Mark Getten
Sam Lyons
Natasha Newman Tobin
Amanda Nube
Sharone Oren
Shira Sergant
Jennifer Thompson
Dorothy Thursby
Dove Weissman-Shtein
Leila Wice

Questions about applying to JSP’s Educator Studio?

Contact Rabbi Adam Lavitt, JSP Director of Learning, at alavitt@jewishstudioproject.org.

The Educator Studio is made possible by a generous grant from The Covenant Foundation.