Alex Friedman (he/him) is a Rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary in his final year of study. He was a fellow in the first cohort of the Exploring Judaism's Writer's Fellowship. A native Texan, Alex grew up in the Conservative movement and has worked with and for Conservative communities across the US and in Israel. He holds a BA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS) and Politics from Brandeis University. Alex enjoys cooking, podcasts, Jewish music and niggunim, queer Torah, and collecting owl tchotchkes.