Wilhelmina Gottschalk*

Wilhelmina Gottschalk comes to Maharat with an MA from the Davidson School of Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a career in synagogue education. She has searched for hametz with preschoolers, taught havruta learning to elementary students, and lead family education sessions on topics ranging from sibling rivalry to the Kaddish. She is active in her local chevrei kaddisha, performing tahara for the dead, and also volunteers as a mikvah attendant. Wilhelmina has a strong DIY Jewish ethos that she applies to community building, cooking, and learning. She believes that identifying, studying and trying “new to me” Jewish practices leads to a wiser and more engaged Jewish self. Wilhelmina lives in Washington DC, where she enjoys quilting, baking seedy sourdoughs, and preparing the chicken soup that she and her husband Stefan have perfected over years of shared yom tov cooking.

Wilhelmina is on the Beit Midrash Program +Core Semikha Track Class of 2030.