Leah Berkowitz

Rabbi Leah Rachel Berkowitz is the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Ami in Elkins Park, PA. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Journalism from Brandeis University (2003) and was ordained at HUC-JIR, where she earned dual masters degrees in Hebrew Literature and Religious Education (2008). A contributor to The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate (CCAR Press 2016, Winner of the National Jewish Book Award), Leah is also the author of...See more

Rabbi Leah Rachel Berkowitz is the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Ami in Elkins Park, PA. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Journalism from Brandeis University (2003) and was ordained at HUC-JIR, where she earned dual masters degrees in Hebrew Literature and Religious Education (2008). A contributor to The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate (CCAR Press 2016, Winner of the National Jewish Book Award), Leah is also the author of two children's books: Queen Vashti's Comfy Pants (Apples and Honey Press 2021) and The World Needs Beautiful Things (Kar-Ben 2018), as well as the middle-grade midrash collection Maybe It Happened This Way: Bible Stories Reimagined with co-author Erica Wovsaniker (Apples and Honey Press 2022). She lives in Elkins Park, PA See less