Shira Dickler has joined JUFJ as the 2009 Labor on the Bimah Coordinator. This spring Shira earned her bachelor's degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park with a focus on Jewish studies and environmental policy.
As a student, she was the Vice-President of Action for Tzedek Hillel, a social-service and advocacy organization where she served as the coordinator for the first annual UMD Film Festival.

Shira has also served on the board for the UMD Help Center, a peer-counseling and crisis intervention hot line at the University of Maryland, taught a freshman honors course for two years, and taught at Shaare Tfilah Hebrew School. She volunteered at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles, rehabilitated a homeless shelter for African refugees in Israel, and has recently studied sustainable agriculture by volunteering on a Jewish organic farm in Maryland.

She will be at the membership meeting, and is very excited to work with the local community for a great Labor on the Bimah program this year!