Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner

Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner is the founder of Exploring Apocalypse, a non-denominational climate change chaplaincy practice. She holds space for her clients to explore the truths of this moment, and helps folks experiencing climate anxiety and despair access deeper ease and purpose as they engage with the climate crisis. Rabbi Nitkin-Kaner lectures nationally on climate chaplaincy and leads trauma-informed workshops and support groups on the spiritual and emotional challenges and invitations of climate change. Prior to her work as a climate change chaplain, Rabbi Nitkin-Kaner served as a congregational rabbi and hospital, hospice, and prison chaplain. A published liturgist and poet, she lives in New Haven CT with her partner Asa and their dog Tuna.