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Rabbi Galit Cohen Kedem is the founder and Rabbi of Congregation Kodesh V’Chol [Holy & ordinary] in Holon, Israel. For the past twelve years, this congregation has grown from 5 individuals in a living room to a community of more than 150 families. Galit holds a Bachelor of Arts in Hebrew Literature & Hebrew Language from the Hebrew University and a Master of Arts in Gender Studies from Bar Ilan University. She was ordained in 2014 at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem.  Galit is married to Dr. Adar Cohen, PhD, chair of The Teacher Education Department at the Seymour Fox School of Education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Together they have three children: Hodaya, Uri & Ivri.  Rabbi Galit currently serves as a visiting Rabbi educator at Congregation B’nai Israel in Sacramento CA.

Adar Cohen is a scholar of Israeli citizenship education [Ph.D. in Education]. He teaches at the Department of Education and serves as the director of the Teacher Education Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous position was at the Israeli ministry of Education as the chief national supervisor of civic studies. He is an active member and co-founder of Kodesh vChol reform congregation in Holon, Israel. During this year they are members of Bnai-Israel congregation in Sacramento, CA,  and teaches Religion and Hebrew school students and is also a Senior Israel Educational Consultant for the ARZA Team in URJ.