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Rabbi Atara Cohen

Core Semikha, Class of 2020

Cohen

Rabbi Atara Cohen is passionate about cultivating curiosity for the diverse ways Torah might speak to our social, emotional, and intellectual realities. She loves leading in pluralistic Jewish spaces, such as Base Manhattan, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Columbia/Barnard Hillel, and currently serves as director of Jewish Life and Learning at the Edlavitch DC JCC. She teaches widely, serving as faculty at The Heschel Middle School and Drisha's High School Summer Program. She lives in Washington, DC where she enjoys running, painting, and experimenting with new Shabbos recipes.

publications and media

Title
Type
Category
Topic
Year
Can We Transform the World? An Analysis of the Talmudic Messiah
Article
March 3, 2022
Power Hour of Torah: The Pesach Edition
Multimedia; Dvar Torah
Video Divrei Torah; Panels and Discussions; Holiday
Pesach
March 23, 2021
Noah vs. Avraham: The Confidence to be Compassionate
Dvar Torah
Bereishit
Lech Lecha
2017/5778
Communities of God
Dvar Torah
Bamidbar
Naso
2017/5777
Hitbodedut Versus Hakhel
Dvar Torah
Devarim
Vayelech
2019/5780
Rabbi Atara Cohen - Eighth Annual Semikha Ceremony
Graduation Speeches
2020
June 9, 2020
Rabbi Atara Cohen - Maharat's 8th Annual Semikha Ceremony 2020
Multimedia
Graduations
Eighth Semikha Ceremony
June 9, 2020

mentions

Title
Publication
Published
Alumna Is Princeton’s First To Be Ordained As Orthodox Rabbi
Princeton Alumni Weekly
June 24, 2020

books

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