About me
Born in New York City, raised in Cleveland, Ohio.
A.B. (with honors) John Carroll University 1970
M.A.H.L. 1973, Rabbinic Ordination 1975, D.D. 2000 from H.U.C.-J.I.R. (Cincinnati)
R.J.E. 1991
Rabbi Sam Cook Award for Lifetime Service in the Field of Youth 2005 C.C.A.R.
Asst. Rabbi & Dir. of Rel. Ed. - Brith Emeth Congregation, Pepper Pike, OH 1975-77
Rabbi - Am Shalom Jewish Community Center of Lake County, OH 1977-79
Visiting Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy - Lake Erie College of Painesville, OH 1977-79
Rabbi - Beth Sholom Temple, Santa Monica, CA 1979-1981
Founding Rabbi - The Santa Monica Synagogue, Santa Monica, CA 1981-82
Assoc. Rabbi - Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1982-86
Senior Rabbi - Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield, MI 1986-2016
Adjunct Instructor in Religious Studies - University of Detroit Mercy (Jesuit), Detroit, MI 1994-2018
Rabbi Emeritus - Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield, MI 1986-present
Visiting Rabbi - Temple Beth Israel, Jackson, MI 2016-2018
Rabbi - Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley, AZ 2020-present
Recipient of Dove Award as "Leader of Peacemaking and Tolerance" sponsored by Michigan Ecumenical Institute of Jewish-Christian Studies
Rabbinic Faculty at URJ Olin Sang Ruby and Kutz Camp 1986-2018
Past Chairman: Committee on Youth of Central Conference of American Rabbis (C.C.A.R.)
Past President: Great Lakes & Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis, Michigan Board of Rabbis
Incoming 1st Vice-President of National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis (N.A.O.R.R.R.)
Accomplished folksinger and composer, having performed throughout North America and in Israel.
