Rabbi Shanee Michaelson is a teacher, writer, and roving rabbi based in Oregon. A recovered attorney, her journey to the rabbinate began during a career-break while learning at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. After returning to Southern California, she worked as an educator in LA Unified schools while completing her studies and earning rabbinic ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University. She moved to Oregon to join her husband, Chaim. As a “roving rabbi,” she does pulpit-adjacent work across multiple synagogues and denominations. She loves helping children and adults make meaningful connections to Jewish heritage. Rabbi Shanee is also an alumna of UC San Diego, University of San Francisco School of Law, and the University of Southern California, where she earned an MFA in creative writing and wrote her original screenplay, Persian-American Queen.
