Rabbi Rachel Cowan

RABBI RACHEL COWAN was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1989 and co-founded the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, where she served as Executive Director from 2004 to 2011. Her books include Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit and Mixed Blessings.

Newsweek named Cowan one of the 50 leading rabbis in the United States in both 2007 and 2010. She previously served as Program Director for Jewish Life at the Nathan Cummings Foundation from 1990 to 2003 and earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College.

Cowan was a pioneer of the Jewish Healing movement and a spiritual leader based in New York City. Much of her work reflected her commitment to Jewish spiritual life and her conversion to Judaism in 1980.

Rabbi Rachel Cowan’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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