Talia Weisberg

Talia Weisberg is a connector, passionate about facilitating rich Jewish experiences and helping people make informed Jewish decisions. She is currently interning concurrently at Congregation Sherith Israel in Nashville, TN and Beth David Synagogue in West Hartford, CT. She was previously the Orthodox Educator at MIT Hillel and a student chaplain at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She volunteered for five years as the Ritual Chair on the board of the Orthodox Minyan at Harvard Hillel, a minyan that caters to students, young professionals, and young families. Professionally, she worked as the Director of Academic Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel to New England. She earned her Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University and wrote a senior honors thesis about the Bais Yaakov girls’ school movement, of which she is an alumna, and its role in the evolution of Orthodox women’s formal religious education. She has learned Torah at Drisha and the Center for Modern Torah Leadership and participated in fellowships and courses offered by the Eden Center, iCenter, Clal, and JOIN for Justice. In 2013, she was named as one of the Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” young visionaries reshaping and broadening the Jewish community.