Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh is the Vice President of Jewish Engagement at the American Jewish University. She directs the Maas Center, which oversees the AJU Mikvah and the Miller Introduction to Judaism program, the most popular course track for the basics of Judaism and conversion.

She is a dynamic leader in the Jewish community who blends tradition and modernity to create meaningful Jewish experiences. Raised in Los Angeles’s Persian Jewish community, known affectionately as “Tehrangeles,” she is passionate about fostering diversity and inclusivity in her role at American Jewish University.

Rabbi Tarlan holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston University and a master’s in Jewish education and Hebrew literature from Hebrew Union College-JIR, where she was ordained.

Her previous roles include Director of Student Life and Senior Jewish Educator at UCLA Hillel, Jewish Emergent Network Rabbinic Fellow at The Kitchen in San Francisco, and faculty member at Milken Community High School.