Social activist and storyteller, writer and community leader, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is the Co-Founding Spiritual Leader of the Lab/Shul community in NYC and the creator of the ritual theater company Storahtelling, Inc. Israeli born, he’s been living in New York since 1998. He received his rabbinical ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 2016, the 39th generation of rabbis in his family — the first one to be openly queer. Rabbi Amichai is the star of Sabbath Queen, Sandi DuBowski’s award-winning documentary film, 21 years in the making, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2024.

Married to Daniel and mother to Talya Doron (11), Shalev (9), and Yahel (6).Rabbi, educator, tour guide, activist, and peace seeker. Lana is a graduate of two rabbinical seminaries – Israeli Rabbinical Program of the Shalom Hartman Institute and the HaMidrasha in Oranim – as well as a graduate of Hebrew Union College (HUC). Between 2023-2025, she served as the rabbi and educational director of Congregation Or Ami in Los Angeles. Prior to moving to the United States, she was the head of the rabbinical network and educational projects at Rabbis for Human Rights, where she currently continues to serve on the board of directors. Lana’s professional work is diverse and includes spiritual counseling, officiating life cycle ceremonies, teaching, leading unique educational journeys in Israel and abroad, formal and informal education, interfaith initiatives, and advocacy for peace and human rights.

A secular-humanist rabbi, organizational consultant, and mentor for managers. Formerly founding director and deputy CEO of Beit Avi Chai, a Jewish–Israeli cultural center in Jerusalem. His career has centered on Jewish culture and identity initiatives. He co-founded “Tzav Piyus,” an educational dialogue program for secular and religious pre-army academies. An activist for human rights and for those leaving ultra-Orthodoxy. Married to Liora, father of three, and grandfather of five.

Rabbi of Kehillat Moreshet Avraham (the Masorti community of East Talpiot, Jerusalem), which he leads jointly with his wife, Rabbi Amirit Rozen. Involved in Jerusalem-based cultural initiatives and interfaith dialogue projects that promote respect between religions and peoples. His studies focus on 21st-century theological transformations and the impact of 20th-century French philosophy on these changes. He studied in a wide range of yeshivot, including the Hartman Institute Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Otniel, and Beit Midrash Har’el, where he received ordination in 2019. David was trained in interfaith dialogue through the KAICIID International Fellows Program. David and Amirit are parents to two daughters, Orut and Kedem.

Former Chair of the Board of Rabbis for Human Rights. Resident of Yavne’el, mother of three. Teaches Jewish thought at Beit Yerach High School by the Sea of Galilee. Holds an M.A. in Cultural Studies from the Hebrew University and was ordained as a secular-humanist rabbi at Tmura – Israeli Judaism. Active in the ShIChA community (Supporters of Secular Humanist Judaism) in Yavne’el, and Chair of MarChav—the Council of Secular Rabbis in Israel. Leads study programs for diverse audiences—youth, pre-army programs, adults—as well as teacher trainings across religious traditions, focusing on interfaith learning.

Rabbi Michael Marmur is Professor of Jewish Theology at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. He previously served as Dean of the Jerusalem campus and later Provost of the College. He is a former Chair of RHR. His new book is Living the Letters: An Alphabet of Emerging Jewish Thought, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Rabbi Haviva Ner-David is a post-denominational rabbi, spiritual companion, writer and activist. She is the founder of Shmaya: A Mikveh for Body, Soul and Spirit, the only public mikveh in Israel not under the control of the Chief Rabbinate, where she conducts both traditional and innovative ceremonies. Haviva has published six books, all with spiritual content (two novels, three autobiographies, and the only children’s book on mikveh). A further book of hers is due out next year (a book to help engaged couples prepare for their wedding and their marriage), and she is now working on an autobiography covering life since October 7. As a social activist, Haviva is highly active in the Standing Together movement; serving as head of the field and leadership team of her local circle, and coordinating for the movement at the national level. Five years ago she founded, together with one of her daughters, an Israeli support group working on behalf of people with FSHD, a muscular dystrophy that Haviva has lived with since childhood and passed on to two of her children. She has been active in Rabbis for Human Rights for decades, and sat on the board more than twenty years ago when she lived in Jerusalem, and glad to join the board once again. Haviva lives on Kibbutz Hannaton, has been married to Jacob for 36 years, and they are parents to seven children.

Rabbi Rivi Dror has been a community rabbi at “Beit Tefila Israeli” since 2023, and is an educator in pluralistic Jewish-Israeli culture. Over the years she has taught, facilitated and developed educational and community programs, combining the worlds of theater, culture, and Judaism. Rivi is a graduate of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbinate of the Shalom Hartman Institute and HaMidrasha at Oranim. She works to create a more open and welcoming Israeli Judaism through study, ritual, culture and song. She believes in a humanistic, moral and egalitarian Judaism that sees every man and woman as entitled to a life of peace, dignity, justice, compassion, growth, equal opportunity and flourishing. She currently lives in Pardes Hanna, is the mother of two daughters and partner of Amir.