Rabbi Naima Hirsch Gelman is a writer, educator, and life-long student. She currently teaches Talmud at the Leffell High School and coaches brides in the laws of niddah. She was ordained by Yeshivat Maharat and holds an MA in Jewish Education from the the Davidson School of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Naima’s poetry and prose about abortion and Orthodox feminism has been published in Lilith, Lehrhaus, and Minyan Magazine, among others. She has served as the inaugural Rabbinic Fellow at the National Council for Jewish Women and the Programming Director at the Beis Community. Naima lives on Long Island with her family and considers herself a passionate advocate for eating ice cream year-round.