Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher has semikha from Yeshivat Maharat. She currently serves as a community educator, teaching Torah to adults. She began serious study of Jewish texts after a career in corporate law, including almost 20 years as a partner at one of the 100 largest U.S. law firms. Rabbanit Gloria served as a rabbinic intern at Congregation Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue in Washington, DC, the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, and New York Presbyterian - Allen Hospital, and co-founded and ran her community’s women’s tefilla group. Rabbanit Gloria earned a BA from Barnard College and a JD from Columbia Law School, and has studied Torah at Drisha and Herzog College. She lives in Riverdale and West Hempstead, NY with her husband, Burt, and is a proud mother and grandmother.