HOUSE OF LEARNING
Book time with our Learning Guides
Who can participate in 1:1 Learning?
Members are welcome to unlimited 1:1 sessions as 1:1 learning is included in the cost of membership (Memberships start at $36, look at our Membership page for more details).
If you are not a member, we limit free 1:1 learning to 3 sessions. If you are interested in continuing after 3 sessions, we ask that you either join as a member or purchase a day pass ($10) per session. This helps ensure that we are able to compensate our Learning Guides for their time and expertise.
Learning Guide: our daytime hosts who bridge the tavern and house of learning.
Each of our learning guides are available to be an onramp to learning and text study. Book time with them to begin your learning journey at Lehrhaus. If you don’t see a time that works for you, feel free to reach out to ilana@lehr.haus
Who is currently bookable?
Rav Naftali Hirsch (he/him) is here to ask how Jewish spirituality, text and traditions can connect us more deeply to each other, ourselves, and That which is beyond us. Ordained at Hebrew College, R' Naftali has spent his time since working in education in synagogues and experiential learning. He is also trained as a shochet and as a teacher of Jewish meditation with Or haLev and IJS. He loves learning any kind of Jewish text and would be so delighted to chat with you about any questions you're asking – or about the questions you don’t quite have the words to ask.
Kevin Lubin (they/he) is one of your friendly neighborhood Jews! Although often mistaken for a Hebrew College student, they are actually a professional musician. Kevin works as a private piano instructor around Greater Boston, an accompanist at the Longy School of Music, and a composer of music both silly and serious (but mostly silly). A lover of learning, they are most interested in discussing Jewish rituals and liturgy, history and culture of all kinds, and in-depth text study. When not learning or making music, Kevin can often be found baking bread, watching the Real Housewives, and attending TBS weekday services.
Yael Marans (she/her) is a fifth year rabbinical student at Hebrew College. This past year, she served as a rabbinic intern at Mayyim Hayyim and a rabbinic apprentice with the Center for Small Town Jewish Life. She has previously taught at Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline and Temple Israel of Boston and worked at Ramah Day Camp of Greater Boston, The Bronfman Fellowship and Association to Benefit Children. She draws on Jewish text and ritual to foster conversation, connection and commitment to justice, and she loves getting to work with people of diverse ages and backgrounds. In addition to pursuing rabbinic ordination at Hebrew College, Yael is also working toward her Master’s in Jewish Education. Yael is excited to study Tanakh, Talmud, Halakha, Jewish thought, or whatever piques your interest!
Adira Rosen (she/her) is a Jewish theatre artist who loves to make Jewish spaces more theatrical and theatrical spaces more Jewish. She was born and raised in San Diego, CA but has found homes in Pittsburgh, Tel Aviv, New York City, Jerusalem, and now Somerville. Adira has loved theatre since she was a kid and went on to study drama at Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned her BFA in directing for live performance. She became rabbi curious as a participant at the Brandeis Camp Institute (BCI) in 2021 and followed that curiosity all the way to Pardes in Jerusalem. In May of 2023, Adira completed a year of study in the Pardes Experiential Educators Program, where she began developing a community-generated documentary theatre piece called The Shabbat Project. She has worked on staff at Mem Global and BCI, and this year she will return to her theatre work, bringing The Shabbat Project to communities across the greater Boston area. In her free time, Adira loves to take dance classes, host Shabbat meals, and plan large-scale ritual events such as weddings. No matter the location or time of day, Adira can be found wearing sunglasses on her head, which a friend once lovingly called her California kippah.
Rabbi Ilana Sandberg (she/her) was ordained as a rabbi in May 2024 at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City and is thrilled to bring her Torah back to the Boston area where she grew up. Much of Ilana’s rabbinic work has been with teens and young adults, serving at Hillels, Ramah camps, and most recently working at Gann Academy in the Jewish Life Office. Ilana studied Bible as an undergrad at JTS and Talmud in Rabbinical school and loves any chance she has to deep dive into text. Meaning making is her passion when it comes to Jewish learning, whether that be through a lens of relationships, the environment, or anything else inspiring or weighing on her fellow learners. If she’s not learning, you might find Ilana at the pottery studio, cooking way too much food for Shabbat dinner with her husband Adam, or knitting hats and sweaters and crocheting kippot while listening to an audio book.
Rabbanit Talia Weisberg (she/her) is a connector, passionate about facilitating rich Jewish experiences and helping people make informed Jewish decisions. She serves as the spiritual leader of Kehillat Lev Chochma, a grassroots Modern Orthodox community in Camberville, and is currently pursuing a PhD in religion at Boston University. She received ordination from Yeshivat Maharat and earned an AB in religion at Harvard University. She loves to learn and teach about all things Jewish, but is especially passionate about the weekly parsha, women in Jewish tradition, kashrut, and the development of halacha. She is working on a book about animals in the Torah.