Rabbi Jill Borodin
Phone: (206) 524-0075
rabbiborodin AT bethshalomseattle.org

Rabbi Jill Borodin is a native of Toronto, Canada. Rabbi Borodin graduated with a joint honors degree in Jewish and Middle East Studies from McGill University. In 2001 she was ordained as a Conservative rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and received her Masters of Arts in Jewish Education. Rabbi Borodin has lived in Canada, Israel, France and the United States and volunteered with the Jewish community in Romania under the auspices of the Joint Distribution Committee. Prior to coming to Seattle, Rabbi Borodin was the Rav Sheni at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. In her spare time, Rabbi Borodin likes to read, rollerblade, bike, and work with clay. Rabbi Borodin lives with her husband Adam Grossman and twin daughters in the north end of Seattle.

 

Irit Eliav, MSW, Director of Education
Phone: (206) 524-0075, ext. 3
iriteliav AT bethshalomseattle.org

Irit Eliav became the Director of Education at Congregation Beth Shalom in 2005 after serving as Youth Director for five years. Previously, she was a Community Advocate at the Eastside Domestic Violence Program. She is a teacher at the Community High School of Jewish Studies of Greater Seattle. She has spoken at several state and national conferences on issues related to youth, healthy relationships and social activism.

Irit received the Legacy Heritage Innovator Award in 2006 for her work in helping to create Machon Mishpacha, a new comprehensive family education program. Irit is the author of Yad B’Yad: Working Hand in Hand to Create Healthy Relationships, a curriculum for 6^{th – 8th grade Jewish youth and is co-editor of A Journey Towards Freedom: A Haggadah for Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence (Seattle, WA: FaithTrust Institute, 2005, 2003 respectively). Irit received her Masters in Social Work, with a concentration in Children, Youth and Families, from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Florida.}