Rabbi Jaymee Alpert is passionate about exploring the connection between spirituality and physical activity. She is the co-creator of NBS, Neshama Body and Soul, a practice that combines exercise with Jewish prayer and Torah reflections and has created and led Shabbat morning hiking services. She spent 20 years as a congregational rabbi serving synagogues in the Bay Area, Westchester, and Princeton, NJ. She was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary and holds master’s degrees in Jewish Education and Jewish Women’s Studies. She currently sits on the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards and on the board of Lilith Magazine, and she is a certified fitness trainer and life coach.