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Our Professional Team

Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, Chair & Co-founder

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Tikvah Womack, Vice Chair

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Rabbi Yonason Perry, Rabbi-in-Residence, Co-Founder

Yonason Perry is a Monsey, New York based Rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Born in Tucson, AZ to an Ashkenazi mother and a non-Jewish African-American father, Yonason was raised in a secular family with little interaction with the Jewish community. At the age of 19, he accepted a life of Torah observance after being introduced to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Yonason spent the next several years in the Lubavitch yeshiva in Morristown, NJ. During this time, he traveled to various yeshivos for the purpose of speaking to the students about the detriment of internal racism within the orthodox Jewish community. After a cello audition landed him a seat in the symphony orchestra at the University of Arizona, Jonathan relocated to Tucson and completed his degree in music business with a minor in Judaic studies. He went on to receive Smicha (Rabbinical ordination) from Rav Nachman Wilhelm and Rav Dovid Shochat. He and his wife have written several articles pertaining to race from the perspective of Jewish philosophy. Yonason currently lives in Los Angeles, CA where he and his family are active members of the community.

Our Board

Faigy Norton, Youth Educator

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Judith Krumbien, Treasurer

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Stacey Aviva Flint

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Marie

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Kim

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Chava Shervington, Co-Founder

Chava Shervington is an attorney, advocate, and mother. A recognized voice on issues of racial equity and inclusion in the Jewish community, she has served as a board member of the Jewish Multiracial Network (JMN) for a decade, and is a regular speaker, consultant, and writer on issues of diversity in Judaism. She has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, JTA, TVOne, and the Layers Project, among others. Chava has long recognized a need for Jews of color to have spaces where they can feel fully supported and mechanisms to educate the larger community on the need for greater representation and recognition of racially and ethnically diverse Jews. Her passion and dedication to the advancement of Jews of color has been honored by her selection as one of the 2015 awardees of Jewish Week's "36 under 36”, her selection as a fellow in the Selah Leadership Program, and she was recently honored by the City of Los Angeles as a Jewish woman creating change in Los Angeles. She holds a juris doctorate from The George Washington University Law School and is a member of the New York bar.

Mayaan Zik, Co-Founder

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