PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • ניסיון מקצועי

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 members Create 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 services Served 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 6-12 Envisioned, led, and oversaw all aspects of Makor middle school program Facilitated 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 programs Built a renewed sense of community and empowered new leadership to join the board Demonstrated 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 Education M.A. - Informal Jewish Education, May 2009 Master’s Thesis: Jewish Sexuality Education: What We Can Learn from the Experience of Educators
- Machon Schecter, Jerusalem Visiting Rabbinical Student, 2007-2008                         

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA B.A. with high honors -
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 2004 Senior Thesis: The Transformation of Aleinu, Avinu Malkeinu, and Birkot Hashachar in Liberal American Prayerbooks