Rabbi Chloe Zelkha

Chloe Zelkha is the rabbi at Congregation Eitz Chayim, a pluralistic independent shul in Cambridge, MA. Previously, she worked as an educator and community organizer at organizations like JOIN for Justice, The Food Project and Urban Adamah. Chloe trained as a chaplain in UCSF Mission Bay Hospital’s residency program, where she primarily served the NICU and adult oncology units. She was a co-founder of the Covid Grief Network–now a project of Reimagine–an organization supporting young adults who lost loved ones to COVID-19. She holds a bachelor’s degree in religion from Carleton College, a master’s degree in education from Harvard University and ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow.

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