Rev. Theresa “Rivka” Gevurtz is an interfaith minister, chaplain and spiritual director, as well as reiki master. She serves as the Dean of Academics at The Chaplaincy Institute and directs the Sacred Justice Ministry curriculum thread. She also serves as a spiritual companion, lifecycle officiant, and public speaker through her private practice, Shelter For The Spirit. Rivka has worked for 40 years at the intersection of faith and justice, starting her interfaith work at the first residence for People with AIDS in New York City. She has subsequently worked in faith-based &/or interfaith advocacy and service organizations supporting the queer community, elders, the environment, and children. Rivka is a cis bi woman, married to a trans man, and mother of an adult nonbinary child. She has travelled from Catholic origins through other traditions before converting to Judaism over 30 years ago. Today her spirituality continues to be fed in Jewish Renewal, but she also experiences spirit in the Divine Feminine and in Reiki energy work.