Lisa Lieberman Barzilai, RJE (she/her) is the former director of the Union for Reform Judaism's Leadership Institute, part of the Strengthening Congregations team. She previously held positions as an educator in Reform synagogue congregational schools in New York and New Jersey. She is a board member and past president of the Association of Reform Jewish Educatorsand holds a master’s degree in Jewish education from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Many of our Jewish holidays are based on the agricultural calendar of our ancestors, including the three pilgrimage festivals of Passover (Pesach), Shavuot and Sukkot.