Education

2023          Somatic Coaching Certification-Strozzi Institute, Petaluma, CA

2014-2016 Do-It-Yourself Art School (formally DIY MFA, a self-directed, advanced

                  degree program and artist collective), San Francisco Bay Area, CA

2013          Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, Ordination, Falls Village, CT 

2009          Master in Teaching, k-12 and Art credentials, The Evergreen State College, 

                  Olympia, WA

2006          BA, Studio Art and Creative Writing, The Evergreen State College,

Olympia, WA

Selected Employment

2013-current   Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess), Practicing clergy person

2014-current   Rebekah Erev Studio: somatic coaching, design, online and in person

classes art and workshops

2015-current   Creative and Spiritual Director, Queer Mikveh Project

2016-2017      Home school Teacher, San Francisco Bay Area

2013-2014      Volunteer, Creativity Explored, San Francisco

2012-2014      Teaching Artist, Cultural Kaleidoscope Program, Palo Alto

2012-2013      Art Teacher, Gateway Middle School, San Francisco

2009-2012      Art Teacher, 6th grade teacher, substitute teacher, North Thurston

Public Schools, Lacey, WA, Olympia School District, Olympia, WA


Selected Public Presentations

2013-current- Queer community group performances for Purim, Sukkot, and other 

events, in collaboration with Nomy Lamm, Ezra Nepon and Jack Pryor

2017-current- Various Queer Mikveh performances, Chicago, IL.; Albany Bulb, Albany,

CA, Baker Beach, San Francisco, CA., Seattle, WA, Mendocino, CA.,

Olympia, WA. Philadelphia, PA, San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA,

2017  Mutual Incantations, solo show, CTRL+SHFT Artist Collective, Oakland, CA

2016   Hex Work, group exhibition, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA

2016   Studio Sale, two person show with Grace Rosario Perkins, Five Pins Project,

San Francisco, CA

2016   Twins, group exhibition, Wolfman Gallery, Oakland, CA

2016   Collective Hex, solo performance, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA

2015    FREAKS | B | COMING | HOME performance,The Luggage 

Store, San Francisco, CA, Olympia Knitting Mills Artist Collective, Olympia,

WA, Rainmaker Artist Residency, Portland, OR

2015    HÄXÄN Festival, “Mountain Oracle,” solo performance, Oakland, CA

2015    Street Performance, “Mountain Oracle,” solo performance, San Francisco, CA

2015   Middle Tense, solo show, The Olympia Knitting Mills Artist Collective,

Olympia, WA

2015   Cycles, solo show, E.M. Wolfman Gallery, Oakland, CA

2015    Opal Moon Fauna, group exhibition, Art Thou Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2015    We’re Seeing Portals Everywhere, group exhibition, Down At Lulu’s, Oakland

2015    (Re)Visions Film Festival, screening, “Release from Identity Control,”

created with Wu Li Leung, Fruitvale Public Library, Oakland, CA

2014   Moon Angels A.K.A. “feelings”, solo show, Alchemy Collective Cafe, Berkeley

Residencies and Awards

2023    Rise Up Grant for Queer Mikveh Project

2023    Jewish Liberation Fund Grant for Queer Mikveh Project

2022    Rise Up Grant for Queer Mikveh Project

2022    Jewish Liberation Fund Grant for Queer Mikveh Project

2021    Berman Foundation Grant for Jewish Magic, Healing & Arts project

2021    Miami Foundation Grant for Jewish Magic, Healing & Arts project

2018    Berman Foundation Grant for Queer Mikveh Project

2018    Successful Indigogo Campaign for Queer Mikveh Project

2017   CTRL+SHFT Artist Collective, Residency, Oakland, CA

2016   Fancyland, Residency, Blue Lake, CA

2016   Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant

2015    Olympia Knitting Mills Artist Collective, Residency, Olympia, WA

2014    Successful Indigogo Campaign for Moon Angels Oracle Deck

2003    International Student Exhibition, student award, Glass Art Society Seattle

Selected Bibliography

2023    Making Mensches, “Let Yourself Belong with Rebekah Erev”

2022    Disloyal Podcast, “Rebekah Erev On Love, Magic, Tu B'Av, And The Evil Eye” 

2021    Magic Monday Podcast with guest Rebekah Erev

2020    Moonwise Podcast, “Commit: Rebekah Erev on Loving Yourself as an Act of

Liberation” 

2020    Daydreaming Wolves Podcast, “Art, ritual and celebrating life with Rebekah

Erev” 

2019    The Arq, “Interview with Rebekah Erev

2018   Jewschool, "#TorahForTheResistance: The Queer Mikveh Project," interview

with Nicki Green

2018   Little Red Tarot, "Queer futures actualized in the present."

2018   Mayyim Hayyim, "Why Queer Mikveh?"

2017   Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Interview with Rebekah Erev

2017   Have Company Podcast, “In Conversation with Rebekah Erev” Episode 50

2016   Congratulations Pinetree Podcast, “Do It Yourself” Episode 106

2016   Maiden, Beth "Follow Your Arrow: Artist and Priestess Rebekah Erev on

           Making Spirituality Accessible to All," Autostraddle 

2016   Nathan Gerson, Merrisa "Finding the Magic in Shemini Atzeret," Tablet 

           Magazine

2015  Burke, Sarah “Art School Opt-Out” Eastbay Express

Curatorial 

2015-current Various workshops, rituals, printed work, Queer Mikveh Project

2016    Hex Work, curator, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA