Maryam Chishti

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LUNAR Director of Community Engagement

Maryam Chishti is the Director of Community Engagement at LUNAR: The Jewish-Asian Film Project. She is interfaith, with an Indian/Muslim father and Jewish American mother who raised her in both religions and cultures. Maryam received a B.A. from Brandeis University in American Studies and Theater for Social Change. Outside of Lunar, she is a fellow at the Jews of Color Initiative, runs a new Moishe House in New York City, and is passionate and excited to bring more Asian Jews into the growing community.