Katy Z. Allen

Rabbi Katy Allen is the founder and rabbi of Ma'yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope (www.mayantikvah.org), located in the Metrowest Boston area, which holds services outdoors all year long and has a growing children’s outdoor learning program, Y’ladim BaTeva. She is the founder of the Jewish Climate Action Network-MA (www.jewishclimate.org), a board certified chaplain, and a former hospital and hospice chaplain. She is a writer and poet and encourager of other writers and blogs at www.mayantikvah.blogspot.com. She received her ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion in Yonkers, NY, in 2005, and lives in Wayland, MA, with her spouse, Gabi Mezger, who leads the.singing at Ma'yan Tikvah.