The mission of Rockville Open House (ROH) is to provide a fully supervised gathering and safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or inter-sex (LGBTQQI) Jewish teens, and their friends and allies, between the ages of 13-18 years old.
With the assistance and guidance of the staff at Keshet, and with the support of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washingtion (JCCGW), ROH opened in April, 2010.
With the assistance and guidance of the staff at Keshet, and with the support of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washingtion (JCCGW), ROH opened in April, 2010.
Rockville Open House is supervised by Rabbi Sarah Meytin, Lillian Feldman-Hill, and Josh Martin.
Rabbi Meytin is an openly queer Reform rabbi. She is the Assistant Director at Gan HaYeled, the preschool at Adas Israel Congregation in Cleveland Park. She was a 10th grade/ Confirmation teacher at local synagogues for seven years and is currently the coordinator of the Hebrew Home's teen philanthropy program. She was also an appointed member of the Montgomery County Citizen's Advisory Committee on Family Life and Human Development. She and her wife live in Silver Spring with their two children.
Lillian Feldman-Hill grew up in Columbus, Ohio where she attended a performing arts high school and was active in her Temple Youth Group, NFTY region, and GUCI (a URJ summer camp.) She received a BA in film and video game production from Indiana University, and continued her studies at Hebrew Union College, receiving the Certificate in Jewish Education for Adolescents and Emerging Adults. She is currently the Youth Engagement Coordinator at Temple Emanuel in Kensington, MD as well as a Lead Instructor at URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy. Lillian is thrilled to be an auxiliary supervisor for this very special group of people!
