Jill Hausman is the Rabbi and Cantor of the historic Actors’ Temple, Congregation Ezrath Israel, in Manhattan, and the Assistant Dean of the Rabbinical Seminary International (RSI)|. She previously served as Cantor/Assistant Rabbi in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and has been an aquatic biologist, a singer, and actor. Her commentaries on the weekly Torah portion have been published by The Jewish Week in New York City and her poems can be found at www.ritualwell.org.