Rabbi Miriam Geronimus
Cleveland Jewish Collective
Miriam (she/her) is the founding rabbi of the Cleveland Jewish Collective, a progressive Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio, that is rooted in relationship. She is committed to co-creating a community that reflects and celebrates the diversity of the Jewish people and fellow travelers. She draws on experience working with queer folks, interfaith families, and people with disabilities.
About Miriam.
Rabbi Miriam Geronimus received ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in May 2021. She is the founding rabbi of the Cleveland Jewish Collective, a progressive Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio, that is rooted in relationship. She is committed to cocreating a community that reflects and celebrates the diversity of the Jewish people and fellow travelers. She draws on experience working with queer folks, interfaith families, and people with disabilities.
Rabbi Miriam grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan in a Secular Humanistic Jewish family. Having spent three summers studying Yiddish language, history, and culture, she views cultural expressions of Jewishness as an important part of the tapestry of Jewish tradition and peoplehood. She graduated from Princeton University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Ecology continues to inform how she understands the world and is an important part of her spirituality and political work.