About the Class

Your Teacher
Rabbi Avigayil Halpern
Rabbi Avigayil Halpern is an educator and writer who is passionate about the Torah that emerges in the conversation between our own lives and traditional texts. Avigayil is recognized internationally as a teacher of thoughtful and accessible Torah, with a focus on queer and feminist thought. She has brought her compelling and original teaching to communities across and beyond denominations, and has experience teaching groups of all ages and backgrounds. She is at work on a book about queer niddah.
Avigayil was ordained by the Hadar Institute in 2023. She has been a Scholar-in-Residence at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and was recognized as one of the New York Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36,”, among other fellowships and awards. She is a co-host of the “Can’t Stop Scrolling” podcast, and lives in Washington, DC.

