Rabbi Ariana Katz is the founding rabbi of Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl. She was the creator and host Kaddish, a podcast about death, mourning and identity, for which she was awarded a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. Rabbi Ariana has taught learners ages 3-93 for over a decade, and is in training to become a soferet, scribe of sacred Jewish text.
“I believe that ritual is transformative. I believe that our brightest moments of joy only make sense in the context of our darkest trials. I know that community is capable of great things, and that we have great capacity to create the World to Come, a just world that we long to see, here in this world. I believe our ancestors have shown us what it means to organize despite the worst odds, and win for ourselves, and everyone around us.”
