TEMPLE ISRAEL OF SHARON, Sharon, MA Rabbi & Director of Community Engagement (July 2016 to present) - Envision and implement strategic plans for preschool, religious school, and the wider synagogue - Build community within, among, and outside of the synagogue - Serve as teacher and pastor to the congregation, including officiating lifecycle events, facilitating services, and giving sermons - Mentor and supervise all non-operations staff membersCreate and implement creative programming, affirming worship opportunities, and engaging community learning
CONGREGATION KEHILLATH ISRAEL, Brookline, MA Rabbi for Congregational Learning (July 2011 to June 2016) - Created and oversaw all aspects of Youth Education and Adult Education in the congregation - Provided vision and leadership for K-9 religious school, including management and personnel decisions for 10 staff members and volunteer school committee - Guided community members through life-cycle events (births, weddings, funerals, conversions, etc.), and led rituals for those moments - Envisioned and implemented minyan-style High Holy Day servicesServed as mentor to 1-2 rabbinic interns each year
PROZDOR and MAKOR, Newton MA Associate Director of Prozdor, Director of Makor (July 2010 to June 2011) Planned and conducted high-quality, content-rich Jewish education for grades 6-12Envisioned, led, and oversaw all aspects of Makor middle school programFacilitated relationships between Prozdor and local synagogues
TEMPLE ADATH SHARON, Sharon, MA Rabbi, Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Fellow (2008 to 2010) Infused the congregation with a spirit of Shabbat at meals and communal programsBuilt a renewed sense of community and empowered new leadership to join the boardDemonstrated innovative teaching techniques in the classroom and from the pulpit
EDUCATION • השכלה
BOSTON UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR NON-PROFIT LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT and HEBREW COLLEGE, Boston, MA Certificate in Organizational Leadership, 2014
JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, New York, NY - The Rabbinical School Rabbinic Ordination, May 2010 - William W. Davidson Graduate School of Jewish EducationM.A. - Informal Jewish Education, May 2009Master’s Thesis: Jewish Sexuality Education: What We Can Learn from the Experience of Educators - Machon Schecter, JerusalemVisiting Rabbinical Student, 2007-2008
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MAB.A. with high honors - Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 2004Senior Thesis: The Transformation of Aleinu, Avinu Malkeinu, and Birkot Hashachar in Liberal American Prayerbooks
