HOUSE OF LEARNING
Book time with our Learning Guides
Who is currently bookable?
Learning Guide: our daytime hosts who bridge the tavern and house of learning. Each of our learning guides are available to be an onramp to learning and text study. Book time with them to begin your learning journey at Lehrhaus.
Hannah Gelman, (she/her) originally from New Orleans, LA, Hannah has spent several years as a Jewish arts and ritual educator. She holds BAs in Jewish Studies and Religious Studies from Brown University, and has studied at the Pardes Institute and Romemu Yeshiva. While not at Lehrhaus, she teaches Religious School at Dorshei Tzedek, guides mikvaot at Mayyim Hayyim, and develops programming for Judaism Unbound.
Gonen Rimer (he/him) has been an informal Jewish educator since he was 16. He spent many summers at different camps, spanning 3 countries. Most recently, Gonen received BAs in Philosophy and Jewish Thought as well as General Humanities, taking classes on Tanakh, Talmud, Hassidut, and Lehrhaus favorites- Rambam and Spinoza. When outside the role of learning guide, Gonen spends his time in our prep kitchen or watching sports, sometimes even doing both simultaneously. He just recently moved to Boston from Israel.
Leah Trachtenberg (she/they) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. She has a BA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Brandeis University and wrote her undergraduate thesis on Jews in Playboy Magazine. She is also an active learner with Svara. Outside of Jewish learning, she continues her quest to watch every Disney movie ever made while painting.
Alex Goldfarb (he/him) is a fourth-year rabbinical student at Hebrew College. Alex previously co-founded a Jewish garden education organization, working with summer camps across North America. He also co-founded a direct-to-consumer (think CSA!) fishing company in Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia. Alex is a dedicated learner and teacher of rabbinic literature. In the rare moments he’s not learning Torah, Alex loves riding his bicycle up and down the east coast and making soup.
