RABBI ADINA LEWITTES is the founding rabbi of Sha’ar, an innovative Jewish community in Bergen County, NJ. Ordained by JTS in 1993, she is the first Canadian woman to be ordained a Conservative rabbi. She held positions with the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and CLAL, and served as the Assistant Dean of the Rabbinical School at JTS. Her teaching experience is extensive and varied, including faculty appointments at JTS, the Solomon Schechter Day School, and the JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly, NJ.