Rabbi Megan GoldMarche

Rabbi Megan GoldMarche, is thrilled to return to Penn and especially Penn Hillel.  Originally from the Chicago suburbs, Rabbi Megan is a product of Reform summer camp (OSRUI) and Conservative youth group (USY). She earned degrees in Psychology and Women’s Studies from Penn in 2006, and spent many hours in Steinhardt Hall (which opened her sophomore year) in addition to being a sister in Chi Omega. Rabbi Megan received rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, along with an MA in Jewish Gender and Women’s Studies and a certificate in Pastoral Care and Counseling in 2014.

Rabbi Megan is a community-builder, educator, and believer in the power of Jewish life to help people flourish. She has spent most of her career working with emerging and young adults (college students as well as 20s and 30s), first on campus (Yale and then Columbia/Barnard where she met Ella and Jenna!)  and then in her home through Base Chicago and most recently in the Philly area at Tribe 12. 

Rabbi Megan lives with her wife Paige and their daughters Brianna and Rori in Mt. Airy, in NW Philadelphia, and they love filling their home with guests and seem to find themselves hosting Shabbat, Holiday and weekday gatherings more often than not.