Rabbi Ashira Boxman graduated from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in 2025. During her years at HUC-JIR, Ashira served as rabbinic intern at Larchmont Temple and Temple Sharaay Tefila of Westchester, where she helped lead worship and worked with students of all ages as a teacher and advisor. She also spent time learning pastoral care as a chaplain at Bellevue Hospital.
Ashira has a deep passion and commitment for the State of Israel. During her time in rabbinical school, she taught a college-accredited high school course on the history of Israel to 11-12th grade students, and in partnership with Rabbi Josh Weinberg, the Executive Director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA), Ashira pioneered monthly Israel programming for her fellow students at HUC-JIR in New York. She was recently published in Young Zionist Voices, a collection of essays on Zionism by young Jewish leaders, and is an “iFellow” earning a Masters Concentration in Israel Education at the iCenter.
Prior to rabbinical school, Ashira worked as the Birthright Israel IACT Coordinator at University of Texas Hillel in Austin, directing and planning Birthright trips for UT students, and also engaged alumni in post-Birthright programming and events. She also served as engagement associate at Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach.
Ashira graduated magna cum laude from Florida State University with a BS in Family and Child Science and a Minor in Social Welfare. She has a lifelong passion for Jewish camping, having spent time as both staff and a camper at URJ Camp Harlam. Ashira grew up in Danbury, CT, Baltimore, MD, and most recently, around the corner in Parkland, Florida. Her father serves as Rabbi at Congregation Kol Tikvah in Parkland and she graduated from high school from Donna Klein Jewish Academy in Boca Raton.