speaking & teaching

A member in good standing of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), Rabbi Nikki spent the formative years of her rabbinate at the NYU Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life, where she mentored, taught, & led Reform Shabbat & holiday services in a pluralistic setting. She served for two years as a member of the CCAR’s Resolutions Committee; she is a former member of its Board of Trustees, & past Vice President for Varied Rabbinates. As a freelance rabbi, she can speak & teach on issues of inclusion & belonging, emerging adulthood, feminism, sexuality, polyamory, gender identity & expression, conversion, inclusion, & a host of other topics.

topics & torah

Nonbinary Inclusion: From the Ancient Androgynos to Our Community

Preparing for Our Existence: Proactive LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Jewish Community

No More Hiding under the Bed: Sex and Intimacy in Jewish Text Part 1

Pleasure Is a Mitzvah: Sex and Intimacy in Jewish Text Part 2

Judaism Is So Gay: Sex and Intimacy in Jewish Text Part 3

Nasty Women Study Torah: Bringing Third-Wave Feminism to Ancient Judaism

Nice Jewish Boys: Old Texts to Frame a New Non-Toxic Masculinity 

Adam, Eve & Everyone Else: Sex, Gender, and Jewish Tradition

The Six Sexes of the Talmud and the Blessings of Gender Today

Am I Grown?: Growing, Parenting, Adulting & Aging Jewishly

Loving the Stranger: Empathy in Jewish Tradition

Not Just Shiva: Jewish Grief and Mourning for a Modern Age

presentations