Miryam''s Dance

About Kerry Olitzky

Kerry Olitzky was named one of the fifty leading rabbis in North America by Newsweek and is well-known for inspiring books that bring Jewish wisdom tradition into everyday life. He is the former longtime executive director of Big Tent Judaism (formerly Jewish Outreach Institute) and served on the faculty/administration of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. His most recent children's book is The Desert Unicorn (with Bonnie Grubman Apples and Honey Press). He lives in North Brunswick NJ. Rachel Stock Spilker has served as a cantor at Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul Minnesota since 1997. She was ordained in 1996 from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She is currently working to establish an egalitarian mikveh in Minnesota. Rachel loves to travel and learn about other Jewish communities and has led congregational trips to Santa Fe Cuba and Morocco. She enjoys yoga painting and cooking.  Rachel and her husband Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker are the proud parents of three children -- Eiden (who traveled with her to Uganda) Mirit and Liam. She lives in Mendota Heights MN. John Baptist Tumuhaise is a contemporary realist painter and childrens book illustrator. He has a passion for wildlife which he brings to life with contrasting and harmonious colors and exiting compositions. He has been nominated for outstanding childrens book illustrator in Uganda. He lives and works in Kampala Uganda. Gershom Sizomu is the Chief Rabbi of Uganda.