The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore Presents
Our Second Annual Jewish People of Color Passover Seder

Kohenet Dr. Harriette E. Wimms is a community convener, Jewish professional, spiritual ritualist, and social justice advocate for people of color. She is a Maryland licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in providing compassion-infused mental health care. Founder and executive director of the Jews of Color Mishpacha Project, K’Dr. Harriette is also the inaugural Jews of Color Engagement Fellow at The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore (the first type of position within any Jewish federation system) and a prayer leader in both the Beit Kohenet community and at Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shul. K’ Dr. Harriette is a Schusterman cohort 7 fellow, a Selah cohort 17 fellow and a contract trainer for Keshet. She is a proud Black, queer, disabled Jew by choice; and is most proud of being mother to her neurodiverse, gender expansive 19-year-old.

Rabbi Isaiah Joseph Rothstein serves as Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor at Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). He is a founder of JFNA’s Initiative for Jewish Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, the Jewish Youth Climate Movement and Kamochah, a community for Black Orthodox Jews. Prior to JFNA, Isaiah was rabbi-in-residence at Hazon, Isabella Freedman, and Be’chol Lashon, and served as rabbi for youth at Carmel Academy, Young Israel of Stamford and Camp Yavneh. R’Isaiah studied at Kushner Yeshiva High School, two years in Israel, Binghamton University and received his ordination and MSW at Yeshiva University. Raised in a multi-racial Chabad family, he sees himself as a human bridge, connecting disparate parts of the Jewish community and America. Isaiah is a part of Schusterman’s ROI Fellowship and was listed as one of Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36. When not working to keep the world safe for democracy, Isaiah is writing a musical about Queen Esther.