Sukkahfest at Pearlstone

Dov Rosenblatt has been writing and recording music since childhood. His current band, Distant Cousins, has been featured in films, tv shows, and commercials and has composed original score for Netflix and several DreamWorks Animation series. Dov released a solo album in 2022 entitled Your Faith In The Night / Emunatcha BaLeilot. Dov has served several communities as the ‘Shaliach Tzibur‘, leading services, community programs and Jewish education.

Aura Schwartz is the ninth child among the twelve offspring of Rabbi Shlomo and Olivia Schwartz, and was raised in a dynamic and lively Chabad household in LA. Her first foray into public speaking occurred at the tender age of four, when she regaled an audience with a remarkably detailed story at one of her parents’ weekly Shabbat dinners – often for over 60 ‘strangers.’ Over the years, Aura honed her innate talent for addressing diverse audiences. After two decades of working in the makeup industry in NY and LA, and then becoming a certified life coach through IPEC Life Coaching School, Aura has now returned to her roots and has been leading Torah classes and spiritual womens’ retreats. Drawing on her passion for helping women discover their genuine inner beauty and peace, Aura developed ‘Rest & Reset,’ a women’s retreat to rejuvenate both body and soul. Presently living in Atlanta, GA with her husband, Dov Rosenblatt, and their five children, Aura has established herself as a leader in the community, hosting Challah baking sessions and monthly Women’s Rosh Chodesh Moon Circles. 

Joey Weisenberg is a musician, composer, and teacher Joey Weisenberg is the founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, which cultivates grassroots musical-spiritual creativity in Jewish community. Joey works to educate and train communities around the world to make music a vibrant, joy-filled force in Jewish life. He is the author of The Torah of Music (2017 National Jewish Book Award) and Building Singing Communities. L’eila, his eighth album of original music, is his latest release on Rising Song Records. 

Abby Eisenberg is a community Jewish educator based in NYC. She is the founder and lead educator of Judaics Tutoring NYC, through which she and her team of educators teach learners around the globe who wish to connect to Jewish learning and living in ways that most resonate with them. Abby teaches adults at the 92NY, My Jewish Learning, and Melton Adult Jewish Learning, among other organizations. She holds a BA in history from Yeshiva University and an MA in Judaic studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary.  

Julie Tonti is a Potter, Jewish Educator and Yoga Teacher residing outside Washington, DC. You can learn more about her business, Claybrook Yoga and Pots here: Claybrookyogaandpots.com. She is working on a Graphic Novel about the life and legacy of Glikl of Hamelin. Glikl.com with her husband, Mat Tonti. She enjoys spending time in nature and laughing with her 3 children.

Rabbi Matisyahu Tonti can be found dancing, drawing, and singing with his three children and wife. He received a certificate in Jewish Philosophy and Pedagogy from the Shalom Hartman Institute and Smicha from Yeshivat Sulam Ya’akov in Jerusalem. He recently authored and illustrated his original graphic novel “The Book of Secrets” 

Chana Raskin, founder and facilitator of RAZA, grew up entrenched in the world of Chabad Hasidut and its stirringly complex melodies. These nigunim have carried her at every point on her journey. Her debut album KAPELYA was released by Rising Song Records in February 2023, followed by sold-out concerts in NYC, Jerusalem and Los Angeles. Chana leads RAZA circles—meditative nigun deep dives—for diverse communities around the world. Both in her music and song circles, and especially in her one-on-one sessions, Chana strives to hold a space with others recovering from illness or traumatic injury, or simply seeking Home. She revels in the healing powers of quiet, laughter, humming and movement, and resides in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her family. 

Rabbi Ben Greenfield serves as a Rabbi & Educator at de Toledo High School, in Los Angeles, where he directs the advanced Iyun track.  His innovative writing on Jewish thought has been awarded the Whizin, Zackheim-Rabinowitz, and Ateret Zvi prizes. He trained at Gush, YU, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins, before receiving Semicha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah as a Wexner Fellow. 

Eden Pearlstein is a poet, performer, chronic collaborator, and cofounder of Ayin Press. Over the past two decades he has created an
eclectic portfolio of audio, visual, textual, and curatorial works and projects. As an author and editor, Eden has conceptually and creatively
contributed to over 50 books of contemporary Jewish spirituality, art, and literature. Most recently, Eden published his first book of poems entitled Nothing Is for Everyone. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two children.

Rabbi Dani Passow began his role as Senior Director of Community Learning at Hadar in September.  He previously served as the Orthodox Rabbi and Senior Director of Public and Alumni Programs at Harvard Hillel and as a Harvard University Chaplain. Dani holds a Masters of Science degree in Biostatistics from Harvard and received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, where he won the Dov Zakheim Talmud Prize.