Rabbi Rachael Bregman is a freelance spiritual director and Jewish educator recently relocated to Charlotte, NC. She previously served as the Rabbi at a small and mighty congregation on the coast of Georgia where she co-founded Glynn Clergy for Equity and spearheaded a community response to the tragic lynching of Ahmaud Arbery. She founded Open Jewish Project in Atlanta, dedicated to serving the religious and spiritual needs of unaffiliated Atlanta Jews. She has served as a Chaplain Candidate in the US Navy and Marines, thru hiked the Appalachian Trail, earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Harvard University and received ordination as a Rabbi from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. She is a certified spiritual director, a pastry chef, occasional artist and full-time mom.