Like many other young Jews, a Birthright Israel trip he took before his senior year was not only a life-changing experience, but one that had a major impact on his career.
Becky Hoffman has been senior rabbi at Temple Ahavat Shalom for only three years, but the seed for her career was planted much earlier: At her bat mitzvah.
Before he was ordained by Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Knobel had spent much of his adult life in the military.
Two established Conservative synagogues in the West Valley, Temple Aliyah and Shomrei Torah Synagogue, have joined to form a single community, HaMakom (The Place).
Seven years ago, the husband and wife team of Chabad Rabbi Zalmy and Rebbetzin Chana Fogelman established the Village Synagogue on the corner of Fairfax and Fountain, today a thriving congregation of around 500.
He is a rabbi who proudly displays an open Talmud and a Pac Man video game in his office.
Rabbi Jonathan Aaron’s background is rich with theatrical experiences, but he leaves no doubt where his feet and his heart are planted.
What will be new is having a husband-and-wife team serve together.
The 62-year-old Diamond’s ambition to chant the entire Torah dates back 40 years, when she recited kaddish for her father at a woman’s minyan in Stony Brook, New York.
The 76-year-old Vorspan is still leading services at Congregation Shir Ami, the Conservative shul he founded in 2007.
