Rabbi Ariana Silverman is the rabbi of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, the last freestanding synagogue in the city of Detroit. She graduated from Harvard University and was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She is also an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program and CLAL’s Rabbis Without Borders Student Fellowship. She has served as a rabbi at multiple congregations and has worked for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the Sierra Club, Hazon, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). In addition to her social justice work in Detroit, she was a CCAR delegate on the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism. She has published on topics including food justice, Jewish parenting, theology, and mental health. A native of Chicago, she has lived in 12 cities, but her home in Detroit is where she has lived the longest. She, her spouse, and two young children enjoy camping, exploring Detroit, and eating ice cream on Shabbat with friends and family.