Rabba Daniella Pressner

Rabba Daniella Pressner is Head of School at the Akiva School in Nashville, TN and is pursuing an MA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Jewish Studies at Hebrew University. She recently published a chapter in the book Under One Tent: Circus, Judaism and the Bible. Rabba Daniella also teaches for the Collaborative for Spirituality in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She earned a BA in Dance and Religion from Barnard College and an MA in Jewish Studies from Vanderbilt University. She has studied at Drisha, Pardes, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Rabba Daniella is a past-president of JFS and serves on the Board of the Jewish Middle School of Nashville. Rabba Daniella was awarded a DSLTI fellowship and has been published in the PEJE, Avi Chai, RAVSAK and JOFA journals. Rabba Daniella has taught nationally on curricular design and on children and spirituality. She is married to Rabbi Saul Strosberg of Congregation Sherith Israel and has four children.