Rabbi Shosh is rooted in the Jewish and universal values of justice, compassion, creativity, teshuva, peace, generosity, and listening in order to learn. She believes every person carries wisdom, gifts, and a voice of their own, and nurturing that emergence — in individuals, families, groups, and communities — sits at the heart of her rabbinate. She is dedicated to joyful, mitzvah-centered living at PCS and throughout the interfaith communities of Westchester County.

Before coming to PCS, she was the founding Director of Youth and Family Education at Romemu in New York City, where she developed the congregation’s youth and family educational vision, its Seekers curriculum, and its family programming. She has also served as rabbi of Tehillah in Riverdale, Har Shalom Center for Jewish Living in Fort Collins, Colorado, and the Hebrew Congregation of Somers.

She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and studied at the Conservative Yeshiva and Pardes in Jerusalem, and at the Drisha Institute and Hadar in New York.

Rabbi Shosh cultivates hopeful visions of a future that unites rather than divides. She lived in Israel from 1998 to 2000 and has returned many times since 1985, and she works to amplify the voices of peace builders seeking mutual recognition among Israelis and Palestinians.

She founded the Facebook group Neurodiverse Jewish Community and is dedicated to strengthening the contributions of neurodivergent people to Jewish life and beyond. With Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz she co-hosts Four Worlds Torah, a podcast uncovering treasures hidden in the text, and she writes the Substack newsletter Beneath the Surface.

Rabbi Shosh lives in Dobbs Ferry, on Lenape land. She loves a good music jam with her creative and life partner, Rabbi Ben Newman. Together with their two fantastic teens, she is raising two spirited dogs, Oz and Bodhi, her very best mindfulness instructors.

Write to her to meet for coffee or a tour of PCS. There is no wrong question.

Rabbi Ben brings together joyful Judaism, contemplative practice, and creative expression to nurture love, wisdom, and community. He serves as co-rabbi of Pleasantville Community Synagogue with his wife, Rabbi Shoshana Leis.

A singer-songwriter, storyteller, and inventive service leader, he delights in leading prayer through music and meditation. Ordained in 2006 by the Academy for Jewish Religion, he has served congregations in Hastings-on-Hudson and Fort Collins, and was Director of Spiritual Life at the Shames JCC in Tarrytown.

He is the author of AI for Clergy: Harnessing the Power of the Digital Golem for Sacred Service and 52 Gates: Reflections on Living, along with other books on Jewish spirituality and children’s stories such as The Enchanted Sukkah.

Rabbi Ben founded Shtiebel, a welcoming Havdalah gathering now part of the life of PCS, and he leads the monthly Pleasantville Community Sangha, a Jewish-Buddhist sit open to anyone who wants to practice.

You can find his writing, music, and books at rabbibennewman.com, or simply call the office and ask for him.