Rabbi Becky Jaye, Adjunct
Rabbi Becky Jaye (she/her/s) serves as the Program Manager for Emor: The Institute for Bold Jewish Thought, a project of T’ruah. As the day-to-day leader of its programs, Becky works to accomplish Emor’s mission of bringing together diverse voices to have courageous conversations about today’s most important moral and political issues. Raised in a biracial and interfaith home, Rabbi Jaye has committed her rabbinate to creating more inclusive spaces for Jews to gather and honor each other’s holiness, diversity, and humanity. In her endeavors to make Jewish spaces more inclusive, she has worked with the Union for Reform Judaism, Auburn Seminary, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy. Most recently, she was trained as Dismantling Racism from the Inside Out facilitator, a project of IOWA.
Rabbi Becky Jaye (she/her/s) is thrilled to be back at Temple Emanu-El of Westfield, where she was the rabbinic intern for three years while in seminary! Before returning to TEE, Rabbi Jaye served as Program Manager for Emor: The Institute for Bold Jewish Thought, a project of T’ruah. As the day-to-day leader of its programs, Becky worked to accomplish Emor’s mission of bringing together diverse voices to have courageous conversations about today’s most important moral and political issues.
Rabbi Jaye graduated from the New York Campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Before attending HUC-JIR, she graduated with her Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School, where she enjoyed studying with colleagues and classmates of various religious and spiritual traditions. Prior to that, Rabbi Jaye became a Yale-China Teaching Fellow for two years, stationed in Zhuhai, China, shortly after she graduated with her B.A. in American Studies from Yale College.
Raised in a biracial and interfaith home, Rabbi Jaye has committed her rabbinate to creating more inclusive spaces for Jews to gather and honor each other’s holiness, diversity, and humanity. In her endeavors to make Jewish spaces more inclusive, she has worked with the Union for Reform Judaism, Auburn Seminary, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy, and Yale Divinity School. Most recently, she was trained as Dismantling Racism from the Inside Out facilitator, a project of KIRVA.
Outside of her time at Temple Emanu-El, you can find Rabbi Jaye reading poetry and prose, spending time with her beloved family and friends, and traveling as much as possible. She is currently training to be a birth doula and facilitates healing groups for families encountering challenges with fertility.