Rabbi Chaim Meyer Tureff is the Judaic Studies Coordinator at the Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy in Los Angeles and is a student and teacher of martial arts.

Yehuda Geberer is a full-time Talmud student at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he currently serves as gabbai (sexton).

Alan Fisher is an active participant in the Moveable Minyan and is Professor of Political Science at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Dinah Berland is a poet and book editor whose poems have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. Her recent book, “Hours of Devotion: Fanny Neuda’s Book of Prayers for Jewish Women,” a verse adaptation of the first book of Jewish prayers by a woman for women, was published by Schocken Books in 2007. Learn more about her work at http://www.dinahberland.com.

Rabbi Leon Morris is Executive Director of the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning in New York. He received his ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1997, served as Director of New York Kollel: A Center for Adult Jewish Study at HUC-JIR, and has taught at Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform synagogues.

Seeking wisdom has guided Gerry Owen throughout his life and career. Professionally, he has studied many cultures as a college history professor (now retired). And, as a marriage, family therapist, he helps resolve conflicts, heal wounds and achieve forgiveness. Personally, he is husband, father, grandfather, speaker and wood carver. His writings, blending the science of emotional neurobiology with Torah wisdom and mystery, can be found at his website, Reflections from Above.

Ronnie Serr learns and teaches the love of HaShem, love of Torah and love of Israel in Los Angeles. He leads a weekly study group on Song of Songs , teaches at the Academy of Jewish Religion, Los Angeles, and is a member of the Happy Minyan.

Joshua Hoffman is a member of the rabbinic staff at Valley Beth Shalom, a lecturer in liturgy at the American Jewish University, and Chairperson of the West Valley Rabbinic Task Force. He participates in the Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal (”STAR”) PEER program, a select national leadership program that helps early-career rabbis meet the growing needs of an ever more diverse Jewish population, a population with different expectations than previous generations, while also preserving core practices and values of Judaism.

Judy Greenfeld the spiritual leader and founder of the Nachshon Minyan, a community that reaches out to the unaffiliated. She is the co-author of two books, Minding the Temple of the Soul and Entering the Temple of Dreams, and recently released the accompanying CD, When You Lie Down and When You Rise Up.