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Rabba Dina Brawer
Core Semikha, Class of 2018
Rabba Dina Brawer is based in Boston and serves as the Executive Director of World Jewish Relief USA. She’s an educator, thought leader and community builder committed to a fearless, outward-facing Judaism.
She was born and raised in Milan, Italy and studied in Jerusalem, New York and London. She holds a BA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies from the University of London and an MA in Education and Psychology from the Institute of Education, London.
She is the founder of JOFA UK, and the producer of #YourTorah and PrayerFull podcasts. Her work has been featured in ‘10 Women, 10 Decades’ a short film produced by Chocolate Films.
publications and media
Title | Type | Category | Topic | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eight Days of Light - Day 1 | Dvar Torah | Holidays | Chanukah | December 19, 2022 |
A Time to Rejoice with Trepidation | Dvar Torah | Holiday | Rosh Hashana | 2021/5782 |
Tashlich: Baggage Check | Dvar Torah | Rosh Hashana | 2018/5779 | |
Embracing the Infinite | Dvar Torah | Holiday | Shavuot | 2021/5781 |
How Access and Experience Shape Us | Dvar Torah | Holiday | Pesach Sheni | 2021/5781 |
The Limits of Hospitality | Dvar Torah | Bereishit | Vayera | 2017/5778 |
Seeing with Both Eyes: Cultivating Depth Perception for Honest Relationships | Dvar Torah | Vayikra | Tazria | 2019/5779 |
From the Transactional to the Transcendent and Back Again | Dvar Torah | Vayikra | Behar | 2019/5779 |
Fighting for Work Life Balance | Dvar Torah | Devarim | Shoftim | 2019/5779 |
On the Utility of Ambiguity | Dvar Torah | Holiday | Shavuot | 2016/5776 |
Look at this Rosh Hashanah as a bespoke experience | Dvar Torah; In the News | Holiday | Rosh Hashana | 2020/5781 |
Rabba Dina Brawer - 2018 Yeshivat Maharat Semikha Ceremony | Multimedia | Graduations | Sixth Semikha Ceremony | June 18, 2018 |
Women in Jewish Law | Teshuva | Ordination | past articles and press | |
When Tradition Is Not What Is Best | Teshuva | Ordination | Current Articles and Press | February 22, 2017 |
Pilot Episode: Renewal | Multimedia | Podcasts | PrayerFull | December 15, 2020 |
Episode 2: Routine | Multimedia | Podcasts | PrayerFull | January 21, 2021 |
With Our New Podcast You Can Pray in Your Own Time and Place | In the News | January 11, 2021 |
mentions
Title | Publication | Published |
|---|---|---|
U.K.-Based World Jewish Relief Launches U.S. Branch to Expand Operations | eJewish Philosophy | May 5, 2023 |
Tzedakah and G’milut Hasadim are Values Central to Our DNA | Jewish News | February 17, 2023 |
books
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