Isaac Fleisher

Bio

I live in Northampton with my partner Naomi and my two wonderful daughters, and I am a proud product of CBI. I was a member of Gan Keshet’s inaugural class, and I received my Jewish education in ALMA (which was just called “Hebrew School” back then). I majored in Religious Studies in college and then I dabbled in the gateway drug of eco-Judaism as an educator at the Teva Learning Center in my twenties. After spending the traditional decade on the Upper West Side of Manhattan I moved back to the Pioneer Valley where I have been excited to see all the ways that CBI has changed and all the ways that it has remained the same. I am grateful that three generations of my family have all found a home in CBI and I have been honored to help steer CBI into the future. As a member of the board of directors and the chair of the Financial Oversight Committee I collaborate with staff, volunteers, and congregants to develop a budget that can sustainably support our growing community’s needs and priorities. My hobbies are gardening, the history of the second temple period and late antiquity, reading comic books, and organizing comic books. I also have a thriving law practice on the side.