ABOUT
RABBI REBECCA KEREN EISENSTADT JABLONSKI
Rabbi | Private Educator | Author |Creative
Rebecca is a Rabbi and private educator. She works as a Rabbi, educator based in NYC, but with the help of Zoom, she's able to serve families all around the USA and world.. She is the author of Confessions of a Female Rabbi, Viva Editions, available here. She is also a contributing author to Zibby Owen's On Being Jewish Now.
Rebecca has worked as a Jewish educator for more than 20 years. She primarily focuses in Bnei Mitzvah preparation, Judaic Studies and Hebrew (beginner-advanced). Operating like a Jewish Life and Experience Concierge, Rebecca plans and leads elaborate trips to Israel, performs as a religious officiant at events, creates educational resources to supplement learning, and teaches both Hebrew and Yiddish languages. Since 1998, she has mentored and taught more than 800 children for Bnai Mitzvah and maintains a rigorous schedule of more than 40 private sessions a week. Rebecca has served on faculty of Central Synagogue, Congregation Habonim and Door To Door Tutoring. She has partnered with virtually every synagogue in the NYC area to help families accomplish their goals. Rebecca works with unaffiliated families as well. She also used to work as a consultant from 2008-2011 for The NYC Department of Education's Office of Arts and Special Programs.
Rebecca apprenticed Obie Award Winner & Tony Nominee Elizabeth Swados (z'l) for more than 10 years, working with her as an actress, collaborator, dramaturg, and poetry assistant. Her favorite work was their project Rachel and Leah: The Musical Before Technicolor. Rebecca penned the lyrics and co-wrote the book with Daniella Rabbani. The music is composed by Elizabeth Swados, with musical direction by Kris Kukul. Before working on Rachel and Leah, they co-conceived and created Atonement: An Oratorio, about themes of social action and personal responsibility embedded within the Jewish High Holidays. Rebecca has had her own poetry published with publications including Lilith Magazine.
As a performer, she for years she worked with the National Yiddish Theatre, Folksbiene and starred in their Off-Broadway production of The Megile of Itzik Manger. Time Out NY called her performance "A Standout & Lovely!" as Queen Vashti. Rebecca also starred in the LaMaMa E.T.C, Metropolitan Room and Axelrod Performing Arts Center concert productions of Rachel and Leah. In March 2011, Rebecca appeared in Swados's award winning tribute for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire memorial, From the Fire. In addition, Rebecca was a soloist in Elizabeth Swados' Atonement: An Oratorio, presented at St. Marks Church, The JCC in Manhattan, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine and The Actors' Temple. Rebecca's acting training includes The Experimental Theater Wing, The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA in London), Stonestreet Studios for Film and Television, Northwestern University's CHERUB Program and The Washington Conservatory of Music.
Rebecca does a lot--- Liz Swados called her The Jewish Wonder Woman!