Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Robbie Tombosky Lives in Two Worlds That Really Are One
You could be forgiven for thinking that Rabbi Robbie Tombosky lives in two different worlds.
You could be forgiven for thinking that Rabbi Robbie Tombosky lives in two different worlds.
The path of Rabbi Joshua Katzan, the leader of Venice’s Mishkon Tephilo, is a story that stretches back generations.
Now, in his 30th year as leader of the Conservative Kehillat Ma’arav congregation in Santa Monica, he recently reflected on his path to the rabbinate.
Her father died when she was an infant; when she was 23, her mother and 18-year-old sister died three months apart.
“How can you not go when you realize you can make a big difference?”
He has found music to be an effective avenue for Jewish day schools in general.
Rabbi Raff is as busy today as he was in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
Last Sept. 28, Rabbi Tova Leibovic-Douglas introduced The Ritual House, a place for spiritual renewal.
What about the classroom that caught the rabbi’s attention? What drew him was “the sparkle in the eyes of the students who realized how wonderful Torah could be,” he said.
Rabbi Ben-Naim considers Los Angeles “the perfect place for me as a post-denominational, halachically inspired, rooted person.”