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 is currently studying at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education. 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 in Riverdale, New York with her family and considers herself a passionate advocate for eating ice cream year-round.