Our alumni serve communities across the country in a myriad of ways. But they are all connected through their experiences at our school
With the advantage of AJRCA’s unique transdenominational and spiritual education, our Rabbis, Cantors, Chaplains, and other community leaders have been hired by a wide variety of synagogues, schools, and Jewish agencies as well as communal organizations and institutions nationwide. For those who choose to lead congregations, their choices of pulpits have included large and small synagogues in many denominations, and range from some of the oldest and most established to newer, more entrepreneurial communities.
The AJRCA Clergy and Alumni Association (CAA), a professional organization of our graduates, sustains an enriching lifelong connection between alumni and the Academy. The CAA’s purpose is to further the excellence of the Academy by fostering an enduring and mutually beneficial relationship. As a professional association, it includes a code of ethics by which its members must abide, in accordance with requirements of most professional clergy associations. As an alumni support group, it offers a supportive community as each graduate faces the challenges of making Judaism more meaningful and relevant in today’s society. Alumni help one another to find resources to support their spiritual development and growth in leadership skills, while also creating a collegial forum for scholarly interchange.
Click the faces below to learn about select alumni from our Rabbinical, Cantorial and Chaplaincy programs and scroll down further for a full list of our alumni and a snapshot of the institutions where they serve. For more information about our alumni, and the CAA, visit the organization’s website.
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Our Alumni
First Name | Last Name | Program | Year | Thesis Title |
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Marsha Ronnie | Abrams | Chaplaincy | 2013 | “Has Science Found the Soul that Judaism Never Lost?” |
Abraham | Alpert | Rabbinic | 2017 | “The Responsibility of the Community Toward the Individual and the Responsibility of the Individual Toward the Community?” |
Amy | Altshuld | Chaplaincy | 2010 | “Jewish Spirituality from the Inside Out” |
Marita | Anderson | Chaplaincy | 2016 | “Prophets as Spiritual Caregivers: Sustaining Hope and Courage in Time of the Great Unraveling” |
Joseph Albert | Angel-Field | Rabbinic | 2022 | "Kahal Shalom - A Congregation of Wholeness and Peace" |
Marsha | Attie | Cantorial | 2014 | “Hebrew Chant: Nothing New Under the Sun” |
Rachel Eden | Axelrad | Rabbinic | 2020 | "The Theology of Ezekiel as Reflected in his Use of Metaphor" |
Tsvi | Bar-David | Rabbinic | 2007 | “Ma'aseh Merkavah Siddur Mysticism” |
Michael | Barclay | Rabbinic | 2007 | “Hineni: Achieving Peak Performance Through the Art of Being Present” |
Phil | Baron | Cantorial | 2005 | |
David | Baron | Rabbinic | 2012 | “The Prophet’s Apprentice: A Midrashic Novel” |
Wendy | Bat-Sarah | Cantorial | 2014 | “S. An-sky and Ethnography in the Pale: Music and Creation of Jewish Personal and National Identity” |
Birdie | Becker | Rabbinic | 2010 | “Drawing from the Well of Torah” |
Ruth | Belonsky | Chaplaincy | 2006 | “Healing Through Music and Psalms” |
Alexander | Berkovich | Cantorial | 2014 | “Jewish Sacred Themes in the Legacy of Great Russian Composers: Mussorgsky, Rubinstein, Shostakovich” |
Sandy | Bernstein | Cantorial | 2013 | “Allan Michaelson: The Hazzan’s Hazzan; His Life and His Work” |
Linda Rose | Bernstein, PharmD | MJS | 2021 | "COVID-19 Pandemic National Synagogue Survey of Ritual Activities and Programming" |
Elisheva | Beyer | Rabbinic | 2006 | “Bringing G-D to Your Table: A Guide to Holy Eating” |
Janet | Bieber | Rabbinic | 2005 | “Bat Kol: Listening for the Voice of God Throughout Time” |
Bennett | Blum | Rabbinic | 2007 | “Stolen Legacies: Elder Financial Abuse and Geneivat Da’at—Adapting a Jewish Concept to Secular Legal Practice” |
Lily Caplan | Blum | Cantorial | 2016 | “Music as Therapy” |
Lily Caplan | Blum | Rabbinic | 2018 | “Death and Bereavement in Tanach: An Examination of Models for Grief and Biblical Characters Walking the Mourner’s Path” |
Neil | Blumofe | Rabbinic | 2009 | “All the Powers of the Merchants” |
Lisa | Bock | Rabbinic | 2012 | “A Son Is Born to Naomi: What Happened to Ruth? An Exploration of Ruth as a Boundary Crosser” |
Rob | Bonem | Rabbinic | 2008 | “Steps Towards Dance as a Jewish Spiritual Practice” |
Efrat | Brayer | Chaplaincy | 2014 | ‘The Story of Hezekiah – A Transformation of Healing.” |
Lynn | Brody Slome | Rabbinic | 2005 | |
Randall | Brown | Rabbinic | 2011 | “Judaism and Gambling: A Personal Narrative of Teshuva to Help Create Awareness” |
Paul | Buch | Cantorial | 2005 | “An Analysis of the Career and Compositions of Cantor Aaron Tishkovsky” |
Fran | Burgess | Cantorial | 2012 | “The Birth of Jewish Art Song: Russian Policies, Nationalism and the Quest to Define Jewish Music in the Late Imperial Era” |
Meredith | Cahn | Rabbinic | 2010 | “M’Shaneh Habriot: The One Who Forms Diversity in Creation” |
Orly | Campbell | Cantorial | 2019 | “The Secret World of Piyyutim: Hidden Meanings and Messages” |
Marlene | Canter | Chaplaincy | 2015 | “Applying Chaplaincy Skills to Teacher Burnout” |
Cantor Jennie Ruth | Chabon | Rabbinic | 2019 | "In Search of the Lost Temple" |
Sharon Eve | Colbert | Cantorial | 2009 | “Golden Links In an Unbroken Chain: The Role of Music Memory in Adult Jewish Education” |
Kelly Lynn | Cooper | Cantorial | 2022 | "From Challah to Chazante: Jewish Women's Journey From the Kitchen to the Bima" |
Corinne | Copnick | Rabbinic | 2014 | “The Staying Power of Hope in the Aggadic Narratives of the Talmud” |
Kyle | Cotler | Cantorial | 2015 | “An Analysis of Reform Friday Night Services from 1933 to the present with a Progressive Compositional Supplement” |
Kyle | Cotler | Rabbinic | 2016 | “Spandex Hides More Than Just a Covenant: How Superheroes of Modernity Reflect Jewish Identity and Values” |
Muriel J | Dance | Chaplaincy | 2011 | “The Broken Connection: The Impact of Intermarriage and Conversion on Jewish Mourning Practices” |
Florence | Dann | Rabbinic | 2017 | “The Role Of Continuing Learning For Jewish Elders: Its Effect on Quality of Life and New Developments and Approaches” |
Marcy | Delbick | Rabbinic | 2009 | “Learning to be Jewish in Uganda” |
Ari | Einhorn | Chaplaincy | 2022 | "Tempting God to Grace: The Law of Attraction and Je |
Dianne | Elliot | Rabbinic | 2006 | “L’Shem Yikud: Jewish Wedding as a Gateway to Spiritual Practice” |
Anthony | Elman | Rabbinic | 2007 | “Discovering The Living Covenant” |
Avivah | Erlick | Rabbinic | 2009 | “Breathing Life into Jewish Bones” |
Seth | Ettinger | Cantorial | 2014 | “There’s a Niggun for that!” |
Andrew | Feig | Rabbinic | 2007 | “Creating Meaning through the Limitation and Protection of Our Priorities |
Marcus | Feldman | Cantorial | 2011 | “T’filah Zacah Volume Two: The Shabbat Morning Nusach of Cantor Naftali Hersik” |
Steve | Finley | Rabbinic | 2009 | “Synagogue Management Filling the Holes with Holiness” |
Robin | Foonberg | Rabbinic | 2013 | “The People of the Book: Themes in Contemporary Jewish Fiction” |
Tannoz | Foruzanfar | Cantorial | 2009 | “Meir Finkelstein: Cantor, Composer, Mentor” |
Lonee | Frailich | Cantorial | 2011 | “Creating a musical Legacy for the Future: The Commissions of Cantor Jay Frailich & University Synagogue” |
Shira | Freidlin | Rabbinic | 2017 | “The Responsibility of Rabbi as Storyteller: A Juxtaposition of Select Classic Hasidic Stories with Contemporary Myth Research” |
Daniel | Friedman | Cantorial | 2017 | “The Teaching of Torah Trope: An Historical Overview Toward a New Pedagogy” |
Jonathan L | Friedmann | Cantorial | 2010 | “Social Functions of Synagogue Song: A Durkheimian Approach” |
Tsipi | Gabai | Rabbinic | 2003 | |
Shuki | Gabbai | Chaplaincy | 2014 | “Placebo, Ethics, Halacha” |
Elihu | Gevirtz | Rabbinic | 2012 | “Reflections, Prayers and Meditations on Rebbe Nachman’s Teachings on Sukkot” |
Sara | Gilbert | Rabbinic | 2006 | “Searching for Meaning: A Discussion Series on Topics of Ultimate Interest Based on the teachings of Abraham Joshua Heschel” |
Mariana | Gindlin | Rabbinic | 2015 | “The Jews in Argentina Under the Military Dictatorship of 1976 – 1983” |
Cantor Marcelo Gabriel | Gindlin | Rabbinic | 2022 | "Sarah's Tent - In Their Own Words, Through Their Own Voices" |
Joshua | Ginsberg Margo | Rabbinic | 2017 | “The Tao of Judaism: A Path to a Deeper and Stronger Connection with Hashem and Torah” |
Susan B | Goldberg | Rabbinic | 2012 | “Lost Objects and Found Subjects: Talmud Study as an Interpersonal Neurointegrative Spiritual Practice” |
Ilana | Goldhaber-Gordon | Rabbinic | 2013 | “On Being a Rational Thinker and a Religious Jew” |
Rachel | Goldman | Cantorial | 2014 | “The Language of Cantillation” |
Mark | Goodman | Rabbinic/Cantorial | 2007 | Abortion And Euthanasia: A Survey of Jewish Thought |
Claire E | Gorfinkel | Chaplaincy | 2011 | “Activist, Mystic, Quaker and Jew: Comparing the Life and Work of Rufus M. Jones and Abraham Joshua Heschel” |
Abby | Gostein | Cantorial | 2021 | "Creating a Singing Congregation" |
Dov | Gottesfeld | Rabbinic | 2013 | “Jewish Voices Yearning for Zion: How the Biblical Hebrew Language Laid the Groundwork for a Unified Expression of Yearning for Zion” |
Guy | Greene | Rabbinic | 2005 | |
Judy | Greenfeld | Cantorial | 2004 | “Creating A Synagogue Prayer Book” |
Cantor Judith | Greenfeld | Rabbinic | 2016 | “Pathways into Prayer” |
John | Guest | Cantorial | 2018 | “Commissioning Émigré Composers in Los Angeles, 1938-1945: Rabbi Sonderling’s Contributions to Jewish Musical History” |
Jamie | Hackel Hyams | Rabbinic | 2021 | "Towards Understanding: A Journey in Search of God" |
Miriam E | Hamrell | Rabbinic | 2003 | “Infertility and Surrogate Motherhood: Halakhic & Ethical Challenges” |
Rita | Hertzberg | Rabbinic | 2010 | “Even in Old Age They Shall Bear Fruit: A Paradigm of Hope and Blessing for Jewish Eldering in America” |
Cecilia | Herzfeld | Rabbinic | 2011 | “Jewish Regeneration after the Shoah The Midrashic-Arts Process and My Search for a Post-Shoah Theology” |
Jessica N | Hutchings | Cantorial | 2014 | “Who Needs Synagogue Music, Anyway?” |
Debbie Dubin | Israel | Rabbinic | 2009 | “Moses on Trial” |
Suzanne | Issler | MJS | 2018 | “Spirituality and the Sustainability of the Reform Movement” |
Carl D | Jacobs | MJS | 2016 | “Kol Nidre: The Power of Music, The Problems of Text” |
Michal Morris | Kamil | Rabbinic | 2022 | "Israeli Religious Radicalism in Contemporary Jewish Texts" |
Min | Kantrowitz | Rabbinic | 2004 | “Theological and Halachic Issues in Jewish Hospice” |
William | Kaplan | Rabbinic | 2016 | “Edible Judaism: Using Nature Imagery in the Torah For Homiletical and Pedagogical Practice” Truth Springs From The Earth (Psalms 85:12): Nature as Teacher |
Amy Robinson | Katz | Cantorial | 2022 | "B'Shir v'Kol Todah: The Life and Music of Philip Moddel" |
Dean | Kertesz | Rabbinic | 2008 | “Can We Please Talk About God?” |
Julian Alexander | King | Rabbinic | 2018 | “The Evolving Temple Without Walls: From Ancient Judaism to the Changing Modern Era” |
Adam Robin | Kinsey | Chaplaincy | 2021 | "Listening as Revelation: The Presence and Practice of Listening in the Torah and at the Bedside, as Heard by a Chaplain" |
Chaplain Reed A. | Kolber | MJS | 2020 | "Rainbow Lev Fellowship - Jewish LGBTQ+Teen Leadership Program: Empowering Through Creative Ritual" |
Julie | Kozlow | Rabbinic | 2007 | |
Dina Batsheva | Kuperstock | Chaplaincy | 2019 | “First Soul, Second Voice: A Ritual Approach to Advance Care Planning” |
Stephanie Rachel | Kupfer | Cantorial | 2018 | “Women Singers in the Hebrew Bible” |
Allison | Lawton | Rabbinic | 2017 | “The Sacredness of Space: How Exile is Driving Jewish Communities” |
Lorna | Lembeck | Cantorial | 2009 | |
Shana | Leon | Rabbinic | 2015 | “Ecclesiastes, Genesis & The Rite of Eternal Return” |
Bonnie | Leopold | Chaplaincy | 2007 | “History to Healing Incest in the Jewish Family” |
Randy Alan | Lester-Wilson | Chaplaincy | 2022 | "Next Steps: The Ongoing Journey to Judaism - From Beit Din to Beit Midrash & Beyond" |
Arthur Joel | Levine | Rabbinic | 2009 | “Rabbinic Judaism’s Decalogue Dilemma” |
Deborah Lynn | Lewis | Rabbinic | 2021 | "The Intersection of Wealth, Religiosity and the Strength of Religion Identity" |
Ron | Li-Paz | Rabbinic | 2013 | “Synagogue Transformation: Achieving Excellence through Spiritual Direction and Change Management” |
Beth | Lieberman | Rabbinic | 2015 | “Wise Aging: How a Pioneering Program of Contemplative Spiritual Practice is Reframing the American Jewish Conversation” |
Robert | Lifson | Chaplaincy | 2010 | “Thoughts And Prayers (A Memorial Booklet)” |
Jeffrey | Lipschultz | Rabbinic | 2007 | “Death and Eternity” |
Stephen | Macht | Chaplaincy | 2013 | Aristotle’s Tragic Reversal Illuminates Maimonides Teshuva” |
Janet | Madden | Rabbinic | 2011 | “Song of the Animals: Critical Approaches to Perek Shirah” |
Alicia Fleissig | Magal | Rabbinic | 2003 | “Celebrating the Journey: Jewish Women’s Midlife Rituals” |
Paula | Marcus | Rabbinic | 2004 | “Zeh Ha Shulchan: The Table Songs of Rabbi Isaac Luria” |
Osnat | Margalith | Cantorial | 2007 | “Bringing Holiness to Secular Holidays and Special Moments” |
Osnat | Margalith | Rabbinic | 2008 | “Thanksgiving: Concept and Ceremony” |
D’vorah | McDonald | Chaplaincy | 2006 | “The Alleviation of Pain and Suffering through the use of Meditation Based in Mystical Judaism” |
Bryce | Megdal | MJS | 2015 | “Traditional” Melodies in the Synagogue: An Examination of their Development and Success” |
Bryce Emily | Megdal | Cantorial | 2019 | “Musical Instruments in the Synagogue: A Historical and Modern Examination of their Integration into Jewish Worship” |
Janice Rose | Mehring | Rabbinic | 2010 | “The Sh’ma and Her Blessings: Connecting the Soul to the One” |
Belle | Michael | Rabbinic | 2013 | “Holocaust Response as Bearing Witness To Jewish Spirit” |
Cynthia Jane | Minster | Rabbinic | 2022 | "Internal Growth, Human Relationships, and Reaching Towards God: The Concurrent Development of Ethics and Mysticism in Early Modern Jewish Texts" |
Yocheved | Mintz | Rabbinic | 2004 | “The Concept of Martyrdom in Medieval Judaism, Christianity and Islam with implications for Today” |
Rebekah | Mirsky | Cantorial | 2010 | “Freedom Songs: Original Jewish Music as a Pathway to Recovery from Addiction” |
Malka | Mittelman | Rabbinic | 2006 | “Revelation in Exile” |
Amiel Tuvia | Monson | Rabbinic | 2021 | "Gray Hair is a Crown of Splendor: An American Jewish Perspective on Today's Aging Population" |
Catherine | Mummert | Rabbinic | 2015 | |
Susan | Nanus | Rabbinic | 2014 | “Song of Songs: A Jewish Woman’s Guide to Sex, Love, and Happiness” |
Avraham Avi | Navah | Rabbinic | 2006 | “Babylonian Jewry in the Nineteenth Century As Reflected in the Writings if Rabbi Shelomo Bekhor Hutsin (1843-1892)” |
Jennifer Eaves | Nye | Chaplaincy | 2013 | “K’ra’ui- As Is Fitting: The Hesped for One Who Has left Victims” |
Laura | Owens | Rabbinic | 2008 | |
Lisa Ruth | Peicott | Cantorial | 2018 | “Kol Nashim: An Exploration of Women’s Impact on the Cantorate” |
Nina | Perlmutter | Rabbinic | 2009 | “To Work It & To Guard It: Growing Jewish Environmental Ethic” |
Ian | Perry | Chaplaincy | 2020 | "The Chaplain and the Shoteh: A Study of Judaism and Mental Health" |
Robin | Podolsky | Rabbinic | 2013 | “Anarchic Responsibility and the Law: Emmanuel Levinas, Politics and Justice in the Specific Case” |
Cantor Samuel | Radwine | Rabbinic | 2021 | "Revolution or Evolution: 4 Case Studies of Challenges to the Jewish Establishment from Within" |
Jacqueline Shoshana | Rafii, JD | Cantorial | 2021 | "Music of an Ancient Jewish Family: Recovering, Preserving, and Disseminating the Prayer Music of Persian Jews" |
Lori | Reisman Patterson | Cantorial | 2015 | “So I Have to Say I Love You in a Song: Salvaging Sexuality in the Song of Songs” |
Sarah | Rensin | Rabbinic | 2015 | “Illuminations of the Amidah: The First Three Brecht” |
Eva | Robbins | Cantorial | 2004 | “Why Healing? Why now? A Look at the Tradition of Healing in Judaism and its Importance for Our Times” |
Cantor Eva | Robbins | Rabbinic | 2015 | “MISHKAN: An Instrument of Healing For Mind, Body and Spirit, and Connection for the Divine” |
Edward | Robin | Cantorial | 2010 | “Kiddush Levanah: The Sanctification of the Moon” |
Alyssa Helaine | Rosenbaum | Cantorial | 2021 | "The Evolution of Niggunim: Exploring the World of Wordless Jewish Music and the Scope of Its Influence" |
Ira | Rosenfeld | Rabbinic | 2008 | “The Weekday Amidah: What I stand for” |
Sandra Lee | Rosenstein | Rabbinic | 2016 | “Processing Grief in the 21 st Century: Psychological Benefits of Traditional Jewish Mourning Practices “ |
Mark | Rotenberg | Rabbinic | 2007 | “Recovery Reflections on Tehilim” |
Chaplain Adam B. | Ruditsky, BCC | Rabbinic | 2020 | "Rethinking Bereavement, Jewish Voices at the time of death, Pirkei Avot a book about Life after Loss" |
Michael Benjamin | Salonius | Chaplaincy | 2017 | “Finding The Wild Man Within Judaism: An Exploration Into Mythopoeic Strategies For Non-Traditional Engagement Within Jewish Life and Practice” |
Jonah Herbert | Sanderson | MJS | 2021 | "Together We Are Stronger: A Multi Faith Approach to Mental Wellness" |
Deborah Shira | Schmidt | Chaplaincy | 2014 | “The Abrahamic Family: Exploring the use of Biblical Archetypes and Midrash in Pastoral Care” |
Lori | Schneide Shapiro | Rabbinic | 2010 | “The King of Israel: A Cinematic Dramatization and Debate of Jewish Identity in Herodian Judea” |
Mitzi | Schwarz | Chaplaincy | 2017 | “All is not for Naught: The Utilization of Suffering as a Means of Unlocking and Discovering One’s Psycho-Spiritual Potential” |
Lawrence | Seidman | Rabbinic | 2009 | “You Can Be Rational and Religious” |
Linda | Seidman | Rabbinic | 2010 | “Setting the Context for Teshuva in the Jails by Providing Comfort and Jewish Learning” |
Bruce | Shapiro | Cantorial | 2017 | The History and Meaning of Kabbalat Shabbat: An Analysis and Workbook” |
Donna Lynn | Shapiro | MJS | 2020 | "Opening your Treasure Chest: A Peek into Judaism" |
Bonnie | Sharfman | Rabbinic | 2005 | “Chinuch Halevavot: Educating the Jewish Heart and Soul” |
Arinna | Shelby | Rabbinic | 2008 | “Jewish Bioethical Decision Making at the End of Life: A Transdenominational Approach” |
Jay | Sherwood | Rabbinic | 2009 | “With These Words I Pray: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Hebrew and Vernacular in the Jewish Prayer Experience” |
Paul Franklin | Shleffar | Rabbinic | 2006 | “Stirrings of the Soul” |
Harris | Shore | Cantorial | 2008 | “Killing Klaus” |
Adam Brian | Siegel | Chaplaincy | 2014 | “Jewish Service-Learning and Addiction and Recovery” |
Meeka | Simerly | Cantorial | 2009 | “…And the Women Said: Can this be Naomi?” |
Cantor Meeka | Simerly | Rabbinic | 2016 | “Childless Jewish Couples: Yes! To Life Le-Chayim! |
Pamela | Simmons | Cantorial | 2010 | |
Barbara Joy | Singer | Chaplaincy | 2009 | “End of Life: A Chaplain’s View” |
Bruce | Skolnick | Rabbinic | 2016 | “Orphans, Widows, and Strangers” |
Mindie Jo | Snyder | Rabbinic | 2015 | “Subversive Hospitality: The Jewish Commitment to Care in a Hostile World” |
Revital | Somekh-Goldreich | MJS | 2019 | “Artists and Art-Viewers as Biblical Commentators: Art-Midrash for Homes and Public Spaces as a Link in the Chain of Transmission” |
Judith | Sommerstein | Chaplaincy | 2006 | “A Healing Service for Holocaust Survivors and Second Generation” |
Dr. Arthur Alan | Stern | Rabbinic | 2020 | "The Evolution of the Rabbinate and the Changing Role of the Rabbi" |
Michelle Bider | Stone | Cantorial | 2018 | “What’s the Deal with Congregational Singing? The Inevitability of the Demand for Congregational Singing in the American Synagogue” |
Faith | Tessler | Rabbinic | 2008 | “To Everything There Is A Season” |
Batshir | Torchio | Rabbinic | 2013 | “A Vision of Reconciliation and Integration: Essays of Rav Kook on the Land of Israel” |
Yisraela | Tubman | Rabbinic | 2012 | “Vision and Kavanah: Visual Stimuli and Spiritual Intention in the Jewish Tradition” |
Monty | Turner | Rabbinic | 2005 | “From Humility to Hallelujah and back again” |
Elisa | Waltzman | Cantorial | 2009 | “Is My Cantor A Diva? Connections Between Cantorial Music And Opera” |
Julia | Watts Belser | Rabbinic | 2006 | “Praising Her: A Jewish Theology of Goddess” |
Wynne Ryser | Waugaman | Rabbinic | 2016 | “The Alaska Resettlement Plan: The Miracle that didn’t happen for European Jewish Refugees (1935-1941)” |
Cheryl | Weiner | Rabbinic | 2007 | “ Menschlekeit Matters: A Framework For A Character Development Program” |
Judy | Weintraub | Chaplaincy | 2020 | "Spiritual Care and Dementia as Informed by a Jewish Perspective" |
Robert M. | Weiser | Chaplaincy | 2011 | “Soul and Spirit in the Workplace: The Case for Interfaith Workplace Chaplaincy Projected through a Jewish Lens” |
Lizzie | Weiss | Cantorial | 2015 | “The Music of Heaven: Mysticism and its influence on Jewish Musical Practice” |
Cheri | Weiss | Cantorial | 2018 | “Everything Old Is New Again: The 21 st Century Cantor” |
Cantor Cheri Renee | Weiss | Rabbinic | 2020 | "Learning from Tradition: The New Rabbi" |
Candace Leigh | Wuhrman | Chaplaincy | 2015 | “A Journey of Sprigtail Awakening through Jewish Prayer, Ritual and Traditions” |
Liat | Yardeni-Funk | Rabbinic | 2006 | “Israel: Then, Now, & Forever” |
Laura | Young | Chaplaincy | 2010 | “The Power of Prayer and Healing” |
Melvin Alexander | Young | Rabbinic | 2017 | “Reflections and Ongoing Challenges as a Son and grandson of Survivors of the Holocaust in shaping and sustaining the memories of the Holocaust in personal and social contexts” |
Meagan Leigh | Yudell | Chaplaincy | 2018 | “The Life of an Arnold Chiari Malformation Jew Through the Lenses of Health, Chronic Pain, and Spirituality” |
Rebeccah Ilana Birken | Yussman | Rabbinic | 2017 | “And They Poured Milk Like Two Springs of Water: Jewish Views on Breasts and Breastfeeding” |
Barbara | Zacky | Rabbinic | 2009 | “Healing in the Jewish Tradition” |
Sarah | Zerbib-Berda | Cantorial | 2015 | “Redemption Song – The Journey to the Promised Land: An Examination of the Parallel Histories of Oppression, Hope and Freedom as Expressed in the Music of Jews and African Americans” |
Where They Serve
Given their unique transdenominational training, Rabbis, Cantors, and Chaplains who graduate from the Academy work in a variety of denominational and transdenominational synagogues, organizations, and institutions nationwide. The following is a representative list:
PULPITS | PULPITS continued | CHAPLAINCY/SPIRITUAL CARE |
Conservative | Trans / Postdenominational / Unaffiliated / Other | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA |
B'nai Shalom, Vista, CA | Ahavat Torah Congregation, Los Angeles, CA | Beit T'shuvah, Los Angeles, CA |
Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin, TX | Beth Israel Congregation, Greeley, CO | Buena Vista Hospice, Thousand Oaks, CA |
Congregation Beth Shalom, Corona, CA | Congregation Bet Shalom, Tuscon, AZ | California Dept. of Corrections, San Quentin, CA |
Congregation B'nai Israel, Tustin, CA | Congregation Beth Jacob, Redwood City, CA | Cedars Sinai Med. Ctr., Los Angeles, CA |
Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | Congregation B'nai Horin, Los Angeles, CA | Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA |
Fort Belvoir Congregation, Ft. Belvoir, VA | Congregation B'nai Or, St. Croix, U.S.V.I | Covia, Oakland, CA |
Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, CA | Congregation Kehillah of Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ | Denver Hospice, Denver, CO |
Temple Beth Sholom, Temecula, CA | Congregation Shir Chadash, Lakewood, CA | Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Miami, FL |
Temple Ner Tamid, San Francisco, CA | Congregation Shir Shalom, Sonoma, CA | Jewish Federation & Family Services of O.C., Irvine, CA |
Temple Ramat Zion, Northridge, CA | Congregation N'vay Shalom, Los Angeles, CA | Jewish Healing Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
Temple Sholom, Greenwich, CT | Desert Outreach Synagogue, Rancho Mirage, CA | Jewish Home for the Aging, Los Angeles, CA |
Valley Beth Israel, Sun Valley, CA | Fountainview at Gonda, Los Angeles, CA | L.A. Community Chaplaincy Services, Los Angeles, CA |
Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA | Jewish Community & Learning Center, Sunland, CA | Motion Picture & Television Fund, Woodland Hills, CA |
Jewish Community of Ojai, Ojai, CA | Madrona Hospice & Palliative Care, Scottsdale, AZ | |
Conservative / Reform | Jewish Community of Sedona & Verde Valley, Sedona, AZ | Meridian Assisted Living, Cheviot Hills, CA |
Congregation Beth Shalom, Sioux City, IA | Lev Chadash, Chino Valley, AZ | Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center, Pasadena, CA |
Congregation Kol Ami, Salt Lake City, UT | Nachshon Minyan, Encino, CA | P.E.C. Hospice, Garden Grove, CA |
Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs, CO | Nefesh, Los Angeles, CA | Providence St. John's Med. Ctr., Santa Monica, CA |
Oahu Jewish Ohana, Honolulu, HI | Providence St. Joseph Med. Ctr., Burbank, CA | |
Humanistic | Open Temple, Venice, CA | Providence Tarzana Med. Ctr., Tarzana, CA |
Adat Chaverim, Encino, CA | Or Echad, Agoura Hills, CA | Seasons Hospice, Broward County, FL |
Temple Beth El, Santa Maria, CA | Skirball Hospice, Encino, CA | |
Reconstructionist / Renewal | Temple Beth Or, Reno, NV | St. Paul's Towers, Oakland, CA |
Congregation P'nai Tikvah, Las Vegas, NV | Temple Ner Simcha, Agoura Hills, CA | The Sparta Project, Valencia, CA |
Makom Ohr Shalom, Encino, CA | Valley Outreach Synagogue, Calabasas, CA | Valley Outreach Synagogue, Calabasas, CA |
Wholly Present, A Center for Embodied Spirituality, El Sobrante, CA | Zimrat Yah, Santa Barbara, CA | Walter Reed Nat'l. Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD |
Reform | JEWISH EDUCATION | ACADEMIA |
Beth Emet, Evanston, IL | Beit Kulam, Sherwood Forest, CA | Academy for Jewish Religion, Los Angeles, CA |
Beit Knesset BaMidbar, Las Vegas, NV | Congregation Tikvat Jacob, Manhattan Beach, CA | Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
Congregation Beth Israel, Scottsdale, AZ | Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA | L.A. Valley College, Los Angeles, CA |
Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT | Jewish Community High School of the Bay, San Francisco, CA | University of Arizona, College of Medicine |
Congregation B'nai Tikvah, Walnut Creek, CA | Jewish Day School of Metro. Seattle, Bellevue, WA | Yavapai Community College, Prescott, AZ |
Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA | Melton School of Adult Learning, Los Angeles, CA | |
Congregation Emeth, Morgan Hill, CA | HomeShul, Agoura Hills, CA | OTHER |
Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, NV | Shalom Hartman Institute, Los Angeles, CA | Camp JCA Shalom, Malibu, CA |
Congregation Ohr Tzafon, Atascadero, CA | Sinai Akiba Academy, Los Angeles, CA | Shalom Institute, Malibu, CA |
Jewish Communities of the Desert, Desert Hot Springs, CA | Tarbut v'Torah, Irvine, CA | |
Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA | Temple Menorah, Redondo Beach, CA | |
Temple Akiba, Culver City, CA | ||
Temple Beth David, Temple City, CA | JEWISH COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP | |
Temple Beth El, Aptos, CA | California Lutheran Univ., Thousand Oaks, CA | |
Temple Beth Hillel, Richmond, CA | Community Rabbis, Los Angeles, CA | |
Temple Beth Israel, Pomona, CA | Sandra Caplan Beit Din, Culver City, CA | |
Temple Beth Tikvah, Wayne, NJ | Shutafi m, New Mexico Jewish Connections, Albuquerque, NM | |
Temple B'rith Shalom, Prescott, AZ | ||
Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, CA | ||
Temple Emanuel, Pueblo, CO | ||
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, CA |