Gabrielle Birkner is a New York–based writer, editor, and digital strategist. She has served as director of digital media at The Forward, where she founded and edited the women’s-issues blog The Sisterhood, and as a religion reporter and features editor at The New York Sun. Follow her on Twitter @gabibirkner.

Just in time for Passover, we rank the religious leaders who bring ideas, innovations, and inspiration to large numbers of American Jews. Gabrielle Birkner surveys the country for the most influential rabbis in America.