Differing Opinions, Resetting the Table

Rebecca Powell is an educator and facilitator committed to the intersection of pluralistic community building, creative arts, and social change. She formerly served as the Student Activities Director at Harvard Hillel, where she oversaw undergraduate student life and integrated several Resetting the Table programs into the campus community. She has also worked as an educator at Central Synagogue and Roundabout Theater Company. Rebecca received her Masters in Experiential Education & Jewish Cultural Arts at GW in 2019 and served as a graduate fellow at Theater J, Capital Camps, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum. She has a B.A. in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. Rebecca is connected to her California roots but has made a home on the east coast since 2013.

Eliana Rubin is a queer and trans educator and artist based in New York City. She aims to help people better understand themselves and the world around them, and is deeply grateful to do so through her work at Keshet.

Prior to joining Keshet, Eliana worked at The Jewish Education Project as their Education Manager for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI+B). Through her work, The Jewish Education Project reached over one thousand educators, fostering DEI+B actions and thought processes across the country. Eliana received her Master of Educational Leadership from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and her BFA in Drama from NYU / Tisch.

Eliana is a musician and theatre maker. She intertwines her love of Jewish education with the arts through her original educational modality, Jewiscals (Jewish musicals), short musical numbers based around our sacred texts. She will never say no to a bag of movie theater popcorn.