Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback is the Senior Rabbi at Stephen Wise Temple in Los Angeles. Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Rabbi Yoshi graduated from Princeton University in 1991 and was ordained as a Rabbi by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in 1998. He served Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, California, as Rabbi and educator for eleven years, until moving to Israel with his family in 2009 to become the Director of HUC’s Year-in-Israel program. In addition to overall management of the graduate level program, he served as an instructor in Jewish Liturgy. Rabbi Zweiback is a lecturer at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, and a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He is also the volunteer Executive Director and Founder of Kavod, a non-profit tzedakah collective which is dedicated to protecting human dignity. Rabbi Zweiback is also an author, musician and composer, and he hosts the podcast Search for Meaning. He is married to Jacqueline Hantgan and, together, they are the proud parents of three daughters.

Sherri Geller is Co-Director of College Counseling at Gann Academy, a pluralistic Jewish high school in Waltham, Massachusetts.  Over her career, she has worked in college admissions at two universities and college counseling at two high schools, and has been a leader in regional and national professional associations.  Sherri enjoys traveling, spending summers on Cape Cod, and cheering year-round for her beloved Boston sports teams.  Each of their victories make her happy.