Luciana Pajecki Lederman

Director of the Beit Midrash and Nishma Summer Program, JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School, Davidson School)

Rabbi Luciana Pajecki Lederman is the Director of the Beit Midrash and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Halakhah at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). She received rabbinic ordination in 2005 and a doctorate in Talmud and Education in 2024, both from JTS. Originally from Brazil, Rabbi Luciana has devoted many years to serving her home community — first as Assistant Rabbi at Comunidade Shalom in São Paulo, and later as an education consultant, scholar-in-residence, and High Holidays preacher.