Rabbi Michal Woll is a 2007 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Raised in a Reform synagogue in Chicago with a dynamic music program, she has been singing in shul since she was eight years old. Prior to joining Shir Hadash in 2017, she served congregations in Vermont and Michigan.
Rabbi Michal is active in the Interfaith Council of Greater Milwaukee and Tikkun Ha-Ir/Repair our City and is affiliated nationally with T’ruah: The Rabbinical Call for Human Rights as well as Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action.
A third career rabbi, she was ordained following decades of work in corporate and clinical medicine. Since ordination, Michal has maintained her interest in medical ethics and end-of-life care. As a rabbi, she integrates her passions for music, movement, learning, self discovery, pastoral care, and community building.
She lives in Milwaukee with her husband, writer and publisher Jon M. Sweeney, and their daughter Sima.
