Our Team

  • Sara (she/her) is a rabbi, founder, and, at her best, cultivator of ideas and dreams. She is currently leading Beloved after her 4 years as spiritual leader of Beloved Brooklyn. Prior to Beloved, Sara was the founder and executive director of ImmerseNYC: A Community Mikveh Project, now part of the JCC Manhattan. A Brooklyn native, Sara now lives in Northampton, MA with her husband Isaac, 3 kids, and their new dog Wallace.

    Email Sara at sara@belovedgarden.org

  • Sam Hipschman Nunke (they/them) is a social worker by training who has worked in a range of settings offering program design and implementation, community cultivation, and deep listening for growth. They are a heart-forward community builder and connector who believes that earnestness and silliness are equally important. In addition to their work for Beloved, Sam offers somatic psychotherapy through private practice. They are growing their home in western Massachusetts with their spouse, Skye, and their dog, Maisy Muppet. 

    Email Sam at sam@belovedgarden.org

  • Amanda (she/her) brings to Beloved an innate knack for systems that make world-mending work possible. She is an experienced non-profit director who has worked in municipal finance, public health, community service, education, and the arts. Amanda thrives on solving complex logistical challenges, delights in a well-designed yet simple spreadsheet, and loves using these talents in service of her community. She's also a poet and a proud mom. Amanda lives with her magnificent kiddo in Western Massachusetts.

    Email Amanda at amanda@belovedgarden.org

  • Stephanie (she/her) is non-profit leader and coach with expertise in organizational change and development. strategy, finance and operations who is passionate about creating and supporting thriving, innovative, and inclusive communities centered around the transformative power of belonging and connection for people of all ages. In addition to working with Beloved, Stephanie is the Executive Director of the Community Hevra Kadisha of Greater Boston and the founder of Ampersand Consulting Solutions.

    Email Stephanie at finance@belovedgarden.org

Consultants

  • Keshira haLev Fife (she/they) is a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) and a bi-racial, queer Jewish person who delights in her work as a davennatrix (shlichat tzibbur), lifespiral ceremony/ritual creatrix, consultant, facilitator, teacher, liturgist and songstress. She serves as Founding Kohenet of Kesher Pittsburgh and Core Faculty Member with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and also enjoys working with Beloved, The Jewish Studio Project, Kirva, the Avodah Institute for Social Change, and the Jewish Learning Collaborative.

    Learn more at www.keshirahalev.com

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Stewards

  • David (he/him) has worked as an executive coach, consultant, and facilitator within the Jewish community and beyond for over thirty years. While at Greater Boston’s Jewish Federation, David founded and directed the Leadership Development Institute (LDI), providing consultation, mentoring, and coaching in the areas of group dynamics, leadership, and organizational change.

    David’s is passionate about helping people and organizations succeed in not only meeting their goals and objectives, but in doing so in ways that develop and nurture both individuals and the organizational systems in which they work. Utilizing multiple frameworks for self-reflection and interpersonal dynamics, David works to weave differences into fabrics that enrich the organization rather than divide.

    He has led workshops and retreats for HUC’s Tisch Fellowship and for the Reconstructionist College. In addition, he has lectured and facilitated workshops at the national conferences of the URJ, NATA/NAASE as well as the Jewish Federations of New York, Baltimore, and Miami.

    Among his volunteer activities, David is currently on the board of 2Life Communities and is a supporter and former board member of Mayyim Hayyim, a mikveh rooted in ancient tradition, reinvented to serve the Jewish community of today.

  • Rabbi Dr. Yechiel Hoffman has enriched the Jewish journeys of children and adults in Los Angeles and around the world in synagogues, schools and community organizations. Yechiel guides organizations to foster creativity, holistic wellbeing and greater growth and performance, and promotes a relational approach to collective inquiry, collaboration, and experimentation. Yechiel raises the bar for the collaboration and growth for Jewish professionals in co-founding JedLab and the Independent Journeyers networks. In addition to serving on Beloved's board, Yechiel serves on the boards of the Jewish Studio Project, Gender Equity in Hiring Project, and R&R: The Rest of our Lives, transforming the broader Jewish community through innovative approaches to leadership development, social justice, creativity and human wellbeing. Yechiel received the prestigious Pomegranate Prize from the Covenant Foundation and earned a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University.

  • Tobin Belzer PhD (she/her) is a Research Affiliate at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture and an applied sociologist whose research and program evaluations have supported the work of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and secular non-profit organizations and philanthropists. She uses mixed methods to explore identity and character development among teens and emerging adults, organizational culture and leadership development, and topics including inclusion, congregational studies, gender, and arts and culture. She has supported the efforts of numerous foundations including the Jim Joseph Foundation, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Lilly Endowment, and others. Belzer has been a visiting scholar at the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University, a Research Affiliate at Stanford SPARQ, and a research associate at CRCC.