Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman is a writer, mother, activist and song-leader in Boston. She serves as the Director of Professional Development at
Hebrew College, and as a rabbinic adviser and ambassador for
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action. Her song
The Tide Is Rising, which she co-wrote with her husband
Yotam Schachter, has spread as an anthem in the climate movement. Her writing has been published in various venues including
The New York Times,
YES! Magazine, and
Rooted & Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019). Her sermon
Challenging Destruction was read & discussed by
Bill McKibben on the Speaking Torah Podcast.Rabbi Shoshana is an alumna of the
Wexner Graduate Fellowship,
JOIN For Justice, and
Oberlin College of Arts & Sciences where she was also a
Henry David Thoreau Scholar. She was ordained by
Hebrew College in Newton, MA. She lives in Boston with her husband and son.
