Rachel Ain is the rabbi of Sutton Place Synagogue in Manhattan, where she has served since 2012. Before joining SPS, Rabbi Ain was the senior director for National Young Leadership at the Jewish Federations of North America, where she worked closely with lay leaders and professionals to engage the next generation of leaders for the Jewish community. Prior to that, she was a rabbi in Syracuse, New York.

Rabbi Ain’s previous experience includes serving as a commissioned lieutenant for the U.S. Navy Chaplains Corps and participating in a fellowship at CLAL, called Rabbis Without Borders, where she trained to bring the wisdom of Jewish tradition into the larger public sphere.

In 2018, she was awarded the Tikkun Olam award by the Jewish Council on Public Affairs. She currently sits on the Chancellor’s Rabbinic Cabinet of JTS and on the executive board of the New York Board of Rabbis, and was a participant in the UJA Institute for Jewish Executive Leadership — in partnership with Columbia Business School at Columbia University for, C-suite executives.

Rabbi Ain has written for a variety of outlets, including New York Jewish Week, JTA, e-JewishPhilanthropy, Good Faith Media, and The Jerusalem Post, and has appeared frequently as a guest on GMA3 and TODAY on segments discussing Jewish holidays and faith.

She holds a B.A. in American history from Barnard College and a B.A. in midrash from JTS. She received her rabbinic ordination from JTS in 2004, where she concurrently received her M.A. in Jewish education.

She is married to Rabbi Dave Levy, and they have two sons, Jared, a junior at UT Austin, and Zack, an eleventh-grader at The Heschel School.

Westchester Women’s Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

place JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale, NY, 10583

JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale, NY, 10583