abbi Kate Speizer, is Campus Rabbi and Director of Jewish Education and Program at Cornell Hillel: The Yudowitz Center for Jewish Campus Life. Kate’s journey into the world of Jewish Communal Leadership formally began when she served as a volunteer in Israel on Project OTZMA. Her first professional position in the field was as Program Director at the University of Pennsylvania Hillel. Kate’s rabbinic studies were done at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, first in Jerusalem and then in Los Angeles. Two highlights of her life are her husband, Ilan, and her son, Yoni. Other passions include the outdoors, cooking, creating art, and spending time with friends and family.

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