Mili Leitner Cohen is originally from the UK and completed her undergraduate degree in violin performance before encountering Kulanu as part of her Ph.D. studies in Ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago.

Mili worked for Kulanu from 2015 to 2018 as communications director and is delighted to return in 2022. Mili studied at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem for three years, including two in the Kollel.

She was the first Orthodox woman employed in a rabbinical role in Australia and is a qualified shohetet uvodeket (Jewish ritual slaughterer). She currently also works for Musica Judaica, the Jewish music journal, as assistant editor, and her research on Jewish liturgy has been published in various academic journals.

Learn more about Kulanu’s board and staff here.