Maharat Rori Picker Neiss
Core Semikha, Class of 2014
Maharat Rori Picker Neiss serves as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St Louis. Prior to that she was the Director of Programming, Education and Community Engagement at Bais Abraham Congregation, a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue in University City, MO. She previously served as Acting Executive Director for Religions for Peace-USA, Program Coordinator for the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Assistant Director of Interreligious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee, and Secretariat for the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, the formal Jewish representative in international, interreligious dialogue. Rori is the co-chair of the North American Interfaith Youth Network of Religions for Peace, a CLAL Rabbis Without Borders fellow, and co-editor of "InterActive Faith: The Essential Interreligious Community-Building Handbook." She is married to Russel Neiss, a Software Engineer for Sefaria, and they have three children.
Available Writings
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Power Hour of Torah - The Chanukah Edition | Multimedia; Dvar Torah | Video Divrei Torah; Panels and Discussions; Holiday | Chanukah | December 10, 2020 |
A Cry is Heard from On High – Wailing, Bitter Weeping: | Dvar Torah | Bereishit | Chayei Sarah | 2013/5774 |
The Violation of Dinah; The Violation of our Society | Dvar Torah | Bereishit | Vayeitzei | 2013/5774 |
Pregnancy and the New Year | Dvar Torah | Holiday | Rosh Hashana | 2014/5775 |
Address to Bais Abraham Congregation | Dvar Torah | Holiday | Rosh Hashana | 2013/5774 |
The Shofar Reminds Us to Listen for Unheard Cries | Dvar Torah | Holiday | Rosh Hashana | 2013/5774 |
In the News
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