Associate Rabbi Sam Schapera is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Cincinnati in 2009 to attend the University of Cincinnati. After receiving bachelor’s degrees in Judaic Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, she worked as an STNA at Cedar Village. She moved to Jerusalem in 2014 to begin her rabbinic studies before moving back to Cincinnati in 2015. She was ordained in 2019.

Rabbi Schapera loves being with the community at NHS and sharing her passions for the Jewish community and chaplaincy. She lives in Montgomery with her husband, three children and cat.