Reb Sandra Wortzel

Rabbinic Pastor & Mashpiah Ruchanit Sandra Wortzel (she/her) enjoys integrating the things she knows and loves: Expressive Arts, Jewish Renewal, Spiritual Direction, and her own soul-evolving experiences through artmaking.She encourages others to express their spirituality and yearnings through the arts in spiritual direction sessions, creative rituals, and through workshops/retreats that unite Jewish spirituality, the expressive arts and nature. Sandra grewup in NYC, and was a desert dweller in Tucson, AZ from 1975-2018. She and her husband moved to the Mendocino Coast in CA in early 2019 and now dwell among the redwoods. Reb Sandra has dual ordination from Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal AOP. She served as a hospice chaplain for 6 years in Tucson, AZ. She was administrator, core faculty and supervisor forthe Aleph Hashpaah training program(2014-2022) andcontinues to be a supervisor and adjunct faculty for the Hashpaahtraining. Reb Sandra is a Mashpiah for AOPstudentsand in private practice. She is a graduate of Kol Zimra Hebrew Chant Training and Rabbi Nadya Gross Wisdom School. She and her husband Kenny have three children, four delightful grandchildren and a golden retriever named Zushya.