Rebecca Galin

(She/her)

Rabbinic Fellow

Rebecca Galin (she/her) is a fifth-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She serves as a rabbinic intern at Brandeis Hillel. Rebecca is working towards her MA in Spiritual Care & Counseling, for which she completed two units of Clinical Pastoral Education at New York Presbyterian and DOROT. Previously, Rebecca worked at Rutgers Hillel, University of Albany Hillel, and T’ruah. Rebecca graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Prayer Studies from JTS and cum laude with a BA in Film Studies from Barnard College. Rebecca is a vegetarian and enjoys baking and making jam. She is passionate about egalitarian Jewish learning and LGBTQ+ rights, and recently published “Arukh Lakol,” a queer-centered birkon. She resides in Washington Heights with her partner, Sam.