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  • The Rev. Gideon L.K. Pollach

    The Very Rev. Gideon L.K. Pollach is Rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, and Dean of the North Nassau region of the Diocese of Long Island. He is the former chair of Long Island-CAN, an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation, focusing on community organizing around opioid recovery, housing, and green energy. A graduate of General Theological Seminary, Trinity College, and a former Thomas J. Watson Fellow, he has served in parish, chaplaincy, and diocesan leadership roles across Virginia and New York. He and his wife Sarah, a Nurse Practitioner, are the parents of four children.

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  • Rabbi Ilana Schachter

    Rabbi Ilana Schachter serves as a rabbi at Temple Sinai of Roslyn in Roslyn, NY. She was ordained as a rabbi by the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, where she also received an MA in Hebrew Letters, and received her AB with Honors in Comparative Literature and Judaic Studies from Brown University. Rabbi Schachter is also passionate about interfaith dialogue work, and has dedicated herself to interfaith collaboration and dialogue. She founded and Co-leads LI Faith, a network and resource for all clergy of different faiths across Long Island to build deep relationships through dialogue, and is the co-chair of her regional interfaith council, Tapestry of Faith.

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