Educators

My Gift of Mikvah will help sponsor bringing one of these Mikvah Educators to your community.

Matti Blackman

Mrs. Matti Blackman

Chani Carlebach

Mrs. Chana Carlebach

rabbi jamie and ilana

Rabbi Jamie & Ilana Cowland

sara esther crispe

Mrs. Sara Esther Crispe

Gevura Davis

Mrs. Gevura Davis

Rochel Goldbaum

Mrs. Rochel Goldbaum

Debbie Greenblatt

Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt

nalini

Mrs. Nalini Ibragimov

Shoshana Kay

Mrs. Shoshana Kay

Sarah Karmely

Mrs. Sarah Karmely

Sigy Laredo

Mrs. Sigy Laredo

Eve Levy

Mrs. Eve Levy

miriam lipskier

Mrs. Miriam Lipskier

Tamar Livingstone

Mrs. Tamar Livingstone

Goldie Plotkin

Mrs. Goldie Plotkin

Adina Stilerman

Mrs. Adina Stilerman

Chaya Reich

Mrs. Chaya Reich

Chana Weisberg

Mrs. Chana Weisberg

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Mrs. Matti Blackman

Matti Blackman is a dynamic and vivacious teacher who is passionate about inspiring her students and audiences about the beauty of Jewish life and practice. She has taught adults and high school students from New York to Kiev to Jerusalem and Canada and is currently the campus Rebbetzin for Aish Hatorah in Thornhill Canada where she teaches university students and young professionals.

Matti has a Master’s degree in Jewish Education and Administration and a B.A. in Psychology. She also teaches aerobics, offers coaching to people facing personal and spiritual struggles, is a certified massage therapist and a loving mother of four delicious children.

Mrs. Chana Carlebach

Chani Carlebach is a world-renowned teacher and speaker on various topics including education, the role of the Jewish woman, family purity and marital relationships – with decades of experience. She is the founder and dean of the prestigious BMC Teachers’ Seminary in Quebec with students from around the globe, and serves as the rebbetzin of a shul with over 1,000 members. In the famous Shekinah film, Mrs. Carlebach assumes the primary role, presenting the beauty of Jewish marital life to the world.

Mrs. Carlebach received prestigious honors from the Federation CJA in Montreal for her excellence in education and community.

Rabbi Jamie & Ilana Cowland

Rabbi Jamie and Ilana Cowland have had the pleasure of running workshops and speaking to thousands of amazing people a year for the last 20 years.

They are among the most sought after Jewish educators for perspectives on relationships, marriage, parenting, women in Judaism, authentic personal growth and Jewish leadership, in the Jewish world.
Entertaining and engaging, relaxed and insightful, relatable and accepting, My Gift of Mikvah is proud to have this couple powerhouse on board. Jamie and Ilana will take you on a journey to the heart of issues that really matter and help you create a direction for deeper hope, accomplishment, sanity and happiness within your relationships, your growth and your Judaism.

Married for 23 years, Jamie and Ilana live in Jerusalem and are blessed with 6 kids, one son in law and a bundle of joy otherwise known as a granddaughter.

Mrs. Sara Esther Crispe

Sara Esther Crispe is the Co-Director of Interinclusion.org, a multi-layered educational non-profit celebrating the convergence between contemporary arts and sciences and timeless Jewish wisdom. She is also the creator of LuminStory.org, a website highlighting inspiring and transformative stories, people, situations and breakthroughs from around the world.

Sara Esther travels internationally as a sought out motivational speaker presenting on interpersonal relationships and the Torah’s approach to self-development. She teaches how mikvah is a transformative tool for our lives and relationships. She is also a dating and life coach.

Sara Esther was the creator and editor of TheJewishWoman.org of Chabad.org.
A prolific writer, she is currently working on three books: one on marriage, one on the power of Jewish women and one on parenting, titled: I Used to be the Perfect Mother…Then I Had Kids. She also has hundreds of published articles online. She lives with her family in Danby, Vermontwhere they run Jewish educational retreats and programming.

Mrs. Gevura Davis

Mrs. Gevura Davis is the Director of Engagement for Aish Chaim, an outreach and engagement initiative serving the greater Philadelphia Jewish community and an affiliate of Aish HaTorah international. A popular international public speaker and teacher, Davis grew up Jewishly unaffiliated and in college decided to give Judaism another chance.

She discovered there was a lot more than dreidels and bagels and dedicated her life to helping share the beauty, depth, and wisdom of Judaism to anyone she meets. Her humor, down to earth style, and ability to capture life’s beauty makes her beloved to a wide range of diverse audiences around the world.

One of her favorite topics is using cutting edge psychology to help women create the passion, warmth, friendship and commitment that every marriage deserves. She has spoken for Momentum, NCSY/JSU, Jewish Federations, JCC’s, synagogues of all denominations, and led relationship seminars to diverse audiences.

Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt

For over thirty years, Debbie Greenblatt has been a popular kallah teacher, lecturer, columnist and coach on a wide range of topics, including Jewish texts, Jewish thought and relationships. She is also the founder of the women’s division of the Gateways kiruv organization.

An innovative educator, Debbie has a unique ability to present the Torah’s perspective on marriage and relationships in a concise, relatable manner. She has found that when utilizing the correct approach to teaching Family Purity, this facet of Judaism excites women to want to learn more about their beautiful general heritage. Her warm and personal approach to each individual who seeks her counsel has endeared her to women around the world and earned their trust.

Mrs. Nalini Ibragimov

Nalini Ibragimov attended Barnard College and Moreshet Institute and studied Jewish history in Touro’s master’s program. She lived in Israel for four years where she taught at Michlelet NCSY and in Tikvah Seminary. She also ran monthly yemei iyun for Michlelet Esther. For the following five years, she and her husband worked at Brooklyn College for JLIC, a joint program of the OU and Hillel, where she taught and ran various programs for Jewish students on campus.

Today, Nalini is the Educational Director of Souled, a community of young, professional women who seek to deepen their knowledge and connection to Judaism. She also teaches in Ateres Naava Seminary in Brooklyn. She is extremely passionate about teaching Taharas Hamishpacha and has infused a deep appreciation for shalom bayis to the hundreds of brides she has taught.

Nalini resides in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and six children, bli ayin hora.

Mrs. Shoshana Kay

Shoshana Kay feels blessed to have served as National Program Director for the Mikvah USA Education Division for many years, after spending a year traveling extensively as a Mikvah USA seminar speaker. A sought-out national speaker, Shoshana uses honest, personal insight; wit and charm to inspire and entertain varied audiences.

Shoshana was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Toronto, Canada. After graduating McGill University in Montreal, Shoshana spent a year at Neve Yerushalayim in Jerusalem. After working as an international public relations and development consultant for over a decade, Shoshana left the private sector to concentrate on her true passion – helping others apply the ancient wisdom of the Torah to their modern lives. Her greatest satisfaction comes from teaching women who otherwise would not have the opportunity to learn about the vital elements needed for building a Jewish home, including the beautiful mitzvos related to Family Purity.

Mrs. Sarah Karmely

The daughter of Iranian parents, Sarah Karmely was born in India, raised in London and lived in Italy. She’s fluent in English, Persian and Italian, and now resides with her family in New York. Highly educated and extremely talented in many areas, for over two decades Sarah has been speaking and counseling scores of diverse women on family purity, relationships, love and marriage with a dynamic, real-life perspective based on Torah ideals.

Her talks around the world regularly attract crowds beyond capacity. Sarah has been the director of Sha’arei Tovah Talmud Torah for the last fifteen years. She is also co-editor of Shalom Magazine, a bilingual outreach publication, and has written the book Thoughts To Hear With Your Heart, and a more advanced version, Words To Hear With Your Heart. Sarah has also created the inspirational Jewish Learning Series with two new CDs: Shalom Bayis and Taharas Hamishpacha. In addition to her topics on women and relationships, Sarah also offers a challah baking demonstration combined with the background of this age-old Jewish tradition and its relevance to our lives today.

Mrs. Sigy Laredo

As a young volunteer and member of many Jewish organizations, Sigy Laredo attended numerous funerals and decided to live her life as she wants her eulogy to read. Since then, Sigy embarked on a mission to grow herself in Torah and mitzvot and lead her initially reluctant husband and young family with her on the journey of teshuvah.

Sigy is the founder and director of JEMS, Jewish Experience Montreal Sisterhood, a kiruv organization that empowers Jewish women to restore Jewish values in their family and community through year-round learning and trips to Israel. She has been a community leader for twenty-six years in her hometown and inspired countless souls through being an inspirational role model with a charismatic manner and an intriguing personal journey. Sigy lectures at schools, seminaries, synagogues and various women events on topics of living inspired, passionate prayers, the power of Shabbat, challah baking, shalom bayit, women building Jewish homes and raising proud and responsible children.

Sigy and her husband Max are the proud parents of five sons, two daughters-in-love and five grandchildren.

Mrs. Eve Levy

Eve Levy is what one may call a magnetic force. Her Jewish journey has taken her to live in some of the most beautiful cities in the world: Montreal, Calgary, Toronto, Jerusalem, Denver, Portland, and now Deerfield Illinois. Her passion is helping Jewish women find their unique light, connect to their Judaism in a way that is meaningful to them, and guide them along their spiritual journeys. Eve gets her inspiration from the hundreds of women with whom she is privileged to work. Taking women to Israel to share her love of the land and of the Jewish people is Eve’s favorite part of her work.

She has been a city leader on Momentum trips since 2010 and has recently become a trip leader. In 2017 Eve created and now has led several powerful women’s trips called The Poland-Israel Journey which is very dear to her soul, being a granddaughter of 4 Holocaust survivors. When Eve is not planning inspirational programs, trips or retreats, she is either at her favorite Zumba class, baking challah for her community or driving her kids to and from their schools. Except for the cold weather, Eve and her better half, Gadi absolutely love their new community and are excited to keep making amazing things happen for the L’Chaim Center and beyond.

Mrs. Tamar Livingstone

Mrs. Tamar Livingstone resides in Baltimore and has been involved in Jewish outreach her whole life. From her parents’ open home, Tamar developed a love for people and an appreciation of a meaningful Jewish life. She attained her bachelor’s degree in education and her master’s in social work in order to pursue her goal of educating and inspiring people to live their best lives.

Tamar is engaged in multifaceted Jewish outreach efforts with college students, young professionals and families, and is grateful for the many people who have opened their hearts to her. Tamar has been teaching brides and marital education classes for close to a decade and looks forward to being a part of the Mikvah USA family.

Mrs. Goldie Plotkin

Goldie, a native New Yorker, is a rebbetzin and shlucha in Toronto. She and her husband, Rabbi Avrohom Plotkin, run a vibrant and successful shul and Chabad House. A dynamic speaker, Goldie was chosen to deliver the keynote address at the Chabad Annual convention in NYC, the world’s largest gathering of Jewish women. Goldie was also invited to address the Knesset on matters of marriage enrichment and coaching young couples in Israel.

Goldie regularly travels the world to motivate, inspire and share the joy of marriage, Taharas Hamishpacha, parenting and the beauty of our Jewish traditions. She is enthusiastic about her new role with Mikvah USA.

Mrs. Adina Stilerman

Adina Stilerman was raised in Miami Beach, Florida, with a strong passion for Jewish outreach. Her mother recognized the importance of a Jewish day school education and would give of her own time and resources to ensure that unaffiliated, immigrant Jewish families would have access to schooling for their children. Young Adina would play with these children while her mother would meet and talk with the parents, encouraging them to choose a Jewish school for the sake of their children’s future.

Adina was the co-director of Aish Hampstead in London for four years, where she became a source of Jewish inspiration for hundreds of millennials. She co-founded the highly successful YEHUDI kiruv organization in memory of her mother, and currently serves as the Director of Women’s Education. She is among the most sought-after Jewish female speakers in Florida today.

Mrs. Chaya Reich

Chaya Reich is an inspirational speaker whose passionate and funny presentations on marriage and relationships can lead her audiences to tears one moment and laughter the next, guiding and helping them as they learn much about themselves, their relationships and who they really are.

A co-founder of one of the nations first online retailers (1993), Chaya is a certified Jewish Marriage Educational counselor and a senior lecturer for Gateways, Keiravtuni and Arachim Seminars as well as My Gift of Mikvah. She is also the author of the popular Cozy Rosy book series for children.

Mrs. Chana Weisberg

Chana Weisberg is the editor of thejewishwoman.org, the most popular Jewish educational site on the web for women and a satellite site of chabad.org. She descends from a long line of distinguished rabbis and is the mother of six children and four grandchildren, bli ayin hora.

She is the author of five popular books (a sixth soon to be released) and is a highly sought-after inspirational speaker bringing personal warmth, humor, inspiration and down-to-earth relevance into her talks. Mrs. Weisberg speaks and writes about a wide array of topics relating to women, feminism, the masculine and feminine dichotomy, relationships, the soul, faith and Jewish mysticism.