Maryam Chishti

A woman smiling with shoulder length brown hair in a blazer and red shirt stands in front of a desk.

LUNAR Collective Co-Executive Director

Maryam Chishti is the co-executive director at the LUNAR Collective. 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 runs a new Moishe House in New York City, and is passionate and excited to bring more Asian Jews into the growing community.

A group of people attending LUNAR's Passover seder standing around a table scooping food onto their plates.

Jews of Color

LUNAR: Simply Remarkable - An Ongoing WRJ YES Fund Partnership

Maryam Chishti

June 29, 2023

When getting lunch with a colleague in the field this week, they said that the work we do at the LUNAR Collective is “remarkable.” That word stuck with me.

Passover seder in L.A. made possible by WRJ's YES Fund

WRJ YES Fund Grantee

Histories Collide: A Reflection on the Creation of the Asian-Jewish Passover Experience

Maryam Chishti

June 28, 2022

There has never been an Asian American Jewish in-person Passover Seder. Until this year.

Despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, LUNAR: The Jewish-Asian Film Project was able to produce a multifaceted Asian Jewish Passover, free of charge,