Board of Directors

"I am a Reconstructionist baby! I grew up and had my bat mitzvah at Dorshei Emet, the Montreal synagogue, and then was a member of Darchei Noam, the Toronto shul. After 16 years in Melbourne, Australia, where I was a Professor of Urban Planning, I returned to Canada in 2019 and joined Or Haneshamah. I have been on the board of numerous non-profits, from Sistering, a drop-in centre for homeless women in Toronto, to the Planning Institute of Australia. I have been a Board member for six months, and I look forward to giving back for a further two years after a lifetime of benefiting from progressive Judaism in our family’s life."  - Carolyn Whitzman