Towards a Progressive neo-Hasidism
Meet the Team
Daniel Kraft
Daniel Kraft is a writer, translator, and educator living in Richmond, Virginia. He holds a master's degree from Harvard Divinity School, where he was a resident at the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions. Daniel has taught at conferences, synagogues, and museums in North America and Poland, and his work has been supported by residencies, fellowships, and scholarships from institutions including the Yiddish Book Center, the Community of Writers, and the Glen Workshop. His poems, essays, and translations appear in a number of publications, and he shares translations of Yiddish poetry in his newsletter at danielkraft.substack.com.
Co-founder & Managing Editor
Jonah Mac Gelfand
Jonah Mac Gelfand (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College. He got his Masters in Jewish Studies from the Graduate Theological Union, where his research focused on neo-Hasidic leadership, and has spent time studying at Yeshivat Hadar and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. He has been published by Tikkun Magazine, the Lehrhaus, and Hey Alma, and his academic research has been published in McGill University's The Arc, The Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology, and the UCLA Journal of Religion.
Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief
Eva Sturm-Gross
Eva Sturm-Gross is an artist and woodworker originally from Vermont and based in Brooklyn. She graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in studio art and religion. She has studied and worked at multiple craft schools around the country and her prints and sculptures have been exhibited nationally most recently at the Kent Museum in Vermont and the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus. Eva is interested in art as a form of creative exegesis by which to reinterpret traditional texts. Along with being the art director Eva has created all of the art for this website and the Gashmius covers! You can see more of her work at evasturmgross.com
Art Director
Gwyneth Hernandez
Gwyneth Hernandez is a scientist and Torah learner from Southern California. She completed her Bachelor's in Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz and will begin her Master's at UC Santa Barbara later this year where she will continue studying the evolution of early life on Earth. Gwyneth is also a recent alumna of the Pardes Institute of Jewish studies and continues to make time for Torah in her everyday life. One of her roles at Gashmius magazine is working to make the digital content engaging, educational and accessible for people with all-levels of background knowledge.
Digital Strategy & Operations