Rabba Yael Keller
Rabba Yael Keller, Director of Education and Religious Engagement
Rabba Yael Keller served as Community Educator and Director of Community Engagement for the Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan from 2021-2023. During that period she taught weekly classes, led monthly children's educational programming and coordinated holiday celebrations, large and small.
Yael received ordination in June 2022 from Yeshivat Maharat. Prior to attending Yeshivat Maharat, Yael earned a Masters in Public Policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and a Masters in Jewish Professional Leadership at the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University. Yael has always believed strongly in building an equitable and just society and worked at several social justice organizations including Uri L’Tzedek, the Joint Distribution Committee and Impact Boston. Before becoming a student, Yael worked as the Director of Operations at Yeshivat Maharat, working to create opportunities for Orthodox women to receive rabbinic training and ordination.
Yael, her husband, Rav Will, and her four children, Ariella, David, Meira and Noam live in Burns Park and enjoy spending time outdoors with friends and their three pet chickens.