Rabbi Maddie Cooper is the Director of Learning and Practice at Atra: Center for Rabbinic Innovation.
Previously, Maddie served as Manager of Community Cultivation at the Center for Small Town Jewish Life, in partnership with Jewish Federations of North America, where she developed and directed Makom, a new initiative to support innovative leadership in small, rural, and remote Jewish communities nationwide. Maddie is a passionate teacher and community-builder and has also served as an educator for college students and adults in a variety of settings.
Maddie received her B.A. from Dartmouth College, where she studied History with a focus on social change. She was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where she studied as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. Maddie also holds a MA in Jewish Nonprofit Management from the Zelikow School at HUC-JIR.
Maddie lives in Brooklyn, NY with her wife Rachel and can frequently be found taking walks in the park, trying new bakeries, or reading about the history of New York.