Chava Evans

I am one of a growing number of women ordained as Orthodox Jewish Rabbis recognized and working as pastoral care givers, educators community leaders and authorities on Jewish law. I am also the only openly lgbtq identified woman to be so ordained. I have trained and worked for the past five years as a hospice and hospital chaplain.

I am interested in building opportunities to practice pastoral care independently, rather than within a hospital setting. As a hospital chaplain, I specialized in emergency and acute care settings. I am active in interfaith conversations and spaces.

I believe that chaplaincy, as currently practiced in healthcare settings is stunted and withering. I’m interested in building independent institutions build around the practice of interfaith chaplaincy. I have a certificate in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from Cornell and I will begin gan MBA program at the University of Maryland in April.

Five years experience as a hospice and hospital chaplain. Board certified. Specializing in acute care settings— ER and ICU. Certificate in diversity and inclusion from Cornell. I have four ACPE accredited CPE units and one CPSB accredited unit. Currently enrolled in an MBA at University of Maryland. Experience in hospice, bereavement care and hospital acute care settings.

MBA — University of Maryland

MFA- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

BA— Brown University

Orthodox Jewish ordination as clergy— Yeshivat Maharat