A Toronto native, Jonah Winer is a student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah where he is a Wexner Graduate Fellow/Davidison Scholar. Jonah most recently completed a rabbinic internship at The Kehilah of Riverdale. Inspired by justice work and community building, Jonah has participated in the Jewish Innovation Fellowship at the 92nd Street Y and a summer fellowship at T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. He has worked for Uri L’Tzedek and the Interfaith Center of New York and in between spent summers learning Torah at Drisha. He felt inspired to pursue the rabbinate during his time as an undergraduate at McGill University, where he studied religion and served in various leadership roles in Montreal’s student-led McGill Chavurah. His work in college showed him the need for inclusive Orthodox communities, and for religious leaders capable of building them. Jonah lives in Riverdale with his wife, Emily, a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Maharat and can talk about podcasts for hours on end.