Join ASBI for a shiur with Sharon Weiss-Greenberg, Executive Director of JOFA
"From Exception to Acceptance: the Blemished Kohen as a Model for Gender Equity"

Dr. Sharon Weiss-Greenberg serves as the Executive Director of JOFA. Most recently, she was the Director of Recruitment for Yeshivat Maharat.  She was the Director of Online Engagement at the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education.  Sharon earned her doctorate at New York University in Education and Jewish Studies, having concentrated on the female staff experience in the Jewish summer camp setting. She is an alumnus of the Wexner Fellow/Davidson Scholarship graduate program. She was recently recognized by The New York Jewish Week as a "36 Under 36" for her contributions to the Jewish community.  Sharon has served as the co-director and Orthodox adviser of the Orthodox Union Seif Jewish Learning on Campus Initiative at Harvard Hillel and as the first Orthodox woman chaplain at Harvard University. Sharon was the Rosh Moshava (Head of Camp) at Camp Stone in Pennsylvania. She has taught at Yeshiva University High School for Girls in New York, Yavneh Academy in New Jersey, and the Denver Academy of Torah High School.  She studied Talmud and Halakha at The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. She received her Masters in Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University and received a B.A. in Sociology and Jewish History from Yeshiva University.

The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) is the leading organization advancing social change around gender issues in the Orthodox Jewish community. JOFA expands the spiritual, ritual, intellectual and political opportunities for women within the framework of halakha (Jewish law), by advocating meaningful participation and equality for women in family life, synagogues, houses of learning and Jewish communal organizations to the full extent possible within halakha. The core JOFA belief is that fulfilling this mission will enrich and uplift the entire Jewish people.