Rabbi Ilan is a seeker of spiritual healing, wholeness, renewal, and inner peace.
Ilan is the founder of Our Jewish Recovery, a recovery community dedicated to uplifting the hearts and souls of everyone impacted by addiction in the Jewish world, author of And God Created Recovery, and co-founder of Our Love Continues, a community for Jewish parents who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, pregnancy loss, or the death of a child at any age. Ilan and his wife Sherri helped start the group after the death of their son Shemaryah Zichri in January 2022.
Ilan works as a rabbi, a spiritual guide, and a transformation and recovery coach, and leads communities in inspired, prayerful experiences and teachings. Ilan is a storyteller, a composer of original melodies, and a lover of life, even with its shmutz. Ilan is honored to work with individuals, couples, families, and communities who are looking to find serenity, spirituality, and the next chapter of their healing journey. Ilan is working on an album of original melodies Shemaryah helped bring to the world. More information about the album can be found here: https://www.jewcer.org/project/shemaryahs-album/
Ilan was ordained as a Rabbi and Mashpia (Spiritual Counselor) by ALEPH, and as a Maggid (Inspirational Storyteller) by Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum. Ilan lives in Baltimore with his wife Sherri and their two cats Annie Lev and Peretz Dov.
