Posted on September 18, 2026
Rav Risa Dunbar (she/her/hers) is the Community Educator and Manager of the Fellowship Year at the Bronfman Youth Fellowship. She comes to Bronfman after having served in a variety of Jewish education, ritual, justice, and pastoral roles at places such as the Williams College Jewish Association and Chaplain’s Office at Williams College, Hebrew College’s Rabbinical School and Teen Beit Midrash program, Lehrhaus: A Jewish Tavern and House of Learning, BBYO, The New Israel Fund, and Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany, NY.
Rav Risa hails from the San Francisco Bay area, and holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, and an M.A. in Jewish Studies from Hebrew College. In 2026, Risa completed her studies at Hebrew College Rabbinical School where she received rabbinic ordination from her beloved teachers. Her writing has been published as a part of the anthology “Returning Higher: Hasidic & Neo-Hasidic Inspiration for the High Holy Day Journey,” and featured in Gashmius Magazine, The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies’ Student Journal, and Hebrew College’s “70 Faces of Torah.” She enjoys cooking, reading and writing, being and swimming outside, communal singing, watercolors, and writing in Stam Sofrut (sacred Hebrew calligraphy). She resides in Brooklyn, NY.
