Rabbis of LA

What will be new is having a husband-and-wife team serve together.

The 76-year-old Vorspan is still leading services at Congregation Shir Ami, the Conservative shul he founded in 2007.

For Sari Laufer of Stephen Wise Temple, being a rabbi and a feminist came as naturally to her as breathing.

When Rabbi Refael Cohen first saw Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, he felt a kinship with the over 100-year-old congregation.

Mixing literature and her Judaism is something that came naturally to Rabbi Klein Miles.

Contrary to a popular belief, sometimes you can go home again.

The rabbi’s podcasts, available on the Kehillat Israel website, have been downloaded over 250,000 times. 

After nearly four decades of milestone accomplishments for Persian Jews in Los Angeles, Rabbi David Zargari is focused on his next two goals.

When Rabbi Eli Stern, the director of outreach for Rabbi Asher Brander’s LINK Kollel, says “I tend to be on the shy side,” it ranks as the unchallenged, undefeated understatement of the year. 

Currently the rabbi of Temple Judea in Tarzana, Rabbi Aaronson has led congregations across the United States and around the world.