Hannah Ellenson

Hannah Ellenson (she/her) is a fourth year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She was raised as an active member of the Jewish communities in Los Angeles and New York. After graduating from Wellesley College in 2008 with a B.A. in History and Jewish Studies, she earned her M.P.P. from Tel Aviv University with a focus on conflict resolution and negotiation. When Hannah returned to the US, she worked as the Youth Director at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City and then for almost a decade at the New Israel Fund, the leading organization committed to equality and democracy for all people who live in Israel. Hannah is currently a Tisch Fellow at HUC, the Rabbinic Intern at Temple B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, NJ, and worked this past summer as a Chaplain Intern at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ. Hannah currently lives in Maplewood, NJ with her wife, Becca Israel (they/them), and two sons, Shai and Yonah.