Isaiah Joseph Rothstein serves as Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor at Jewish Federations of North America, is a founder of JFNA’s Initiative for Jewish Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, the Jewish Youth Climate Movement, Kamochah, a community for Black Orthodox Jews. Prior to JFNA, Isaiah was rabbi-in-residence at Hazon, Isabella Freedman, and Be’chol Lashon, and served as rabbi for youth at Carmel Academy, Young Israel of Stamford and Camp Yavneh. Isaiah studied at Kushner Yeshiva High School, two years in Israel, Binghamton University and received his ordination and MSW at Yeshiva University. Raised in a multi-racial Chabad family, he sees himself as a human bridge, connecting disparate parts of the Jewish community and America. Isaiah is a part of Schusterman’s ROI Fellowship and was listed as one of Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36. When not working to keep the world safe for democracy, Isaiah is writing a musical about Queen Esther.