Participating Organizations and Attendees
The National portion of the Convening includes representatives from all major GLBT Jewish organizations and synagogues, a large number of grassroots activists from across the country, along with representatives of several non-Jewish LGBT faith organization and a few national Jewish organizations doing substantive work in the areas of inclusion and welcoming. Unfortunately, because of financial constraints and the need to have a manageable number of participants, this portion of the event is closed to additional participants.
Confirmed participants are:
Confirmed participants are:
| D'ror Chankin-Gould | American Jewish University | Los Angeles |
| Robert Bank | American Jewish World Service | New York, NY |
| Rabbi Dev Noily | Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations | Berkeley, CA |
| Rabbi Elliot Kukla | Bay Area Jewish Healing Center | San Francisco, CA |
| Davi Cheng | Bechol Lashon | Los Angeles, CA |
| Dennis Ybarra | Bechol Lashon | San Francisco, CA |
| Samuel Chu | California Faith for Equality | Los Angeles, CA |
| Kerry Chaplin | California Faith for Equality | Los Angeles, CA |
| Aliza Mazor | Center for Leadership Initiatives | New York, NY |
| Rev. Jay Johnson | Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion | Berkeley, CA |
| Dr. Bernard Schlager | Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion | Berkeley, CA |
| Rev. Roland Stringfellow | Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion | Berkeley, CA |
| Jen Kraus Rosen | Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation | Washington, DC |
| Adam Simon | Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation | Washington, DC |
| Brynna Fish | Chevrei Tikva / Fairmount Temple | Cleveland, OH |
| Rabbi Steve Greenberg | CLAL | New York, NY |
| Joshua Lakin | Cong. Am Tikva | Boston, MA |
| Charlie Chasen | Cong. Bet Haverim | Atlanta, GA |
| Rabbi Joshua Lesser | Cong. Bet Haverim / Rainbow Center | Atlanta, GA |
| Alex Carter | Cong. Bet Mishpachah | Washington DC |
| Mindy Gasthalter | Cong. Bet Mishpachah | Washington DC |
| Rabbi Lisa Edwards | Cong. Beth Chayim Chadashim | Los Angeles, CA |
| Bruce Maxwell | Cong. Beth Chayim Chadashim | Los Angeles, CA |
| Cantor Juval Porat | Cong. Beth Chayim Chadashim | Los Angeles, CA |
| Diane Litke | Cong. Beth El Binah | Dallas, TX |
| Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum | Cong. Beth Simchat Torah | New York, NY |
| Alex Weissman | Cong. Beth Simchat Torah | New York, NY |
| Rabbi Noah Kitty | Cong. Etz Chaim | Wilton Manors, FL |
| David Levy | Cong. Kol Ami | Los Angeles, CA |
| Daniel Tarica | Cong. Kol Ami | Los Angeles, CA |
| Rabbi Camille Angel | Cong. Sha'ar Zahav | San Francisco, CA |
| Alex Ingersoll | Cong. Sha'ar Zahav | San Francisco, CA |
| Martin Tannenbaum | Cong. Sha'ar Zahav | San Francisco, CA |
| Dr. Randall Miller | Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund | San Francisco, CA |
| Gabriel Blau | GayGevalt | New York, NY |
| Ann Craig | GLAAD | New York, NY |
| Alex Greenbaum | GLOE | Washington, DC |
| Rev. Rebecca Voelkel | Institute for Welcoming Resources | Minneapolis, MN |
| Stuart Kurlander | Jewish Federation of Greater Washington DC / JCC GLOE Program | Washington, DC |
| Justin Lerner | GLOE | Washington, DC |
| Jeff Greenberg | GLYDSA | New York |
| Jayson Littman | He'Bro | New York, NY |
| Sharon Groves | HRC | Washington, DC |
| Dr. Joel Kushner | Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation | Los Angeles, CA |
| Yonatan Gher | Jerusalem Open House | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Steve Gutow | Jewish Council for Public Affairs | New York, NY |
| Jeremy Burton | Jewish Funds for Justice | New York, NY |
| Linda Lee | Jewish Gay Network of Michigan | Detroit, MI |
| Judy Lewis | Jewish Gay Network of Michigan | Detroit, MI |
| Rachel Brodie | Jewish Milestones | Berkeley, CA |
| Alex Marcus | Jewish Mosaic | Los Angeles, CA |
| Gregg Drinkwater | Jewish Mosaic | Denver, CO |
| Noach Dzmura | Jewish Transitions | Oakland, CA |
| Paul Golin | Jewish Outreach Institute | New York, NY |
| Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman | Jewish Reconstructionist Federation | Berkeley, CA |
| Aaron Weininger | Jewish Theological Seminary, Keshet Group | New York, NY |
| Asher Gellis | JQ International | Los Angeles, CA |
| Janelle Eagle | JQ International | Los Angeles, CA |
| Isaac Alkolomber | JQ Youth | New York, NY |
| Erez Harari | JQ Youth | New York, NY |
| Mordechai Levovitz | JQYouth | New York, NY |
| Dr. Andrea Jacobs | Keshet | Boston, MA |
| Idit Klein | Keshet | Boston, MA |
| Bonnie Rosenbaum | Keshet | Boston, MA |
| Rabbi Menachem Creditor | Keshet Rabbis | Berkeley, CA |
| Josh Furman | Kolenu | Seattle, WA |
| Lisa Finkelstein | LGBT Alliance - SF Federation | San Francisco, CA |
| Sarah-Kay Lacks | LGBTQ Programs, JCC in Manhattan | New York, NY |
| Rabbi Alissa Wise | Mayan | New York, NY |
| Sasha T. Goldberg | Nehirim | San Francisco, CA |
| Michael Hopkins | Nehirim | New York, NY |
| Jay Michaelson | Nehirim | New York, NY |
| Bonnie Kantor | New Jersey's Lesbian and Gay Havurah | Edison, NJ |
| MJ Weston | New Jersey's Lesbian and Gay Havurah | Edison, NJ |
| Dev Singer | NUJLS | Boston, MA |
| Susan Lubeck | Progressive Jewish Alliance | Berkeley, CA |
| Rebecca Stapel-Wax | Rainbow Center | Atlanta, GA |
| Rabbi Jacob Staub | Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Philadelphia, PA |
| Daniel Heller | Right Side of History | Boston, MA |
| April Baskin | Schusterman Insight Fellow | Washington, DC |
| Rabbi Mychal Copeland | Stanford Hillel / Hillel International | Palo Alto, CA |
| Rabbi Benay Lappe | SVARA | Chicago, IL |
| Tovah Gidseg | Tirtzah | New York, NY |
| Reuben Zellman | TransTorah | San Francisco, CA |
| Ari Ginsburg | Tucson Federation | Tucson, AZ |
| Marc Paley | Tucson Federation | Tucson, AZ |
| Alan Cohen | UJA-Federation NY | New York, NY |
| John Hirsch | Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY |
| Herb Leiman | Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY |
| Arthur Slepian | A Wider Bridge | San Francisco, CA |
| Howard Solomon | World Congress of GLBT Jews | Boston, MA |
