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Rabbi Greg Marcus is an unaffiliated and independent community rabbi, who creates space for learning, Jewish rituals and worship tailored to meet each person’s needs. He is a warm spiritual leader who creates safe environments for grief, learning, and prayer. He has a passion for helping people connect to Jewish text, ideas and practices so they can experience Judaism as Read more...

Rabbi Julie Bressler serves as the Associate Rabbi and Educator at Temple Sinai. She is thrilled to join this enthusiastic, committed, and caring community! She comes to us from Temple Beth Shalom (TBS) in Needham, Massachusetts, where she served as Assistant Rabbi. At TBS, Rabbi Bressler spearheaded the congregation’s social justice and social action programming, supported the synagogue’s educational programs, Read more...

Rabbi Mates-Muchin joined Temple Sinai in Oakland, CA in 2005. Serving initially as Associate Rabbi and, since 2015, Senior Rabbi, Rabbi Mates-Muchin feels blessed be in this community, and is proud of the warmth, dynamism and commitment of congregants to Temple Sinai. Rabbi Mates-Muchin focuses her efforts in serving our community through teaching, worship, pastoral care, social justice work, and Read more...

Temple Beth Israel, a Reform Jewish congregation, is established for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing the quality of Jewish life in our region. This purpose is achieved through Torah (lifelong Jewish study), avodah (Jewish observance), and gemilut hasadim (acts of loving kindness). These values are expressed through the creation and development of educational programs for Jews of all ages Read more...

Rabbi Jonathan Kupetz, the youngest of four children, grew up in the west San Fernando Valley and graduated from Calabasas High School and U.C. Santa Cruz. He studied rabbinics and education at Hebrew Union college-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York. After ordination in 1999, Rabbi Kupetz became a member of the Stephan S. Wise Temple’s Read more...

  I grew up in Long Beach, California and Holon, Israel, and was lucky enough to serve congregations as a senior rabbi in Coral Springs, FL; as a rabbi-educator in Sacramento, CA; and as a student rabbi in Marion, IN; Richmond, IN, and Mattoon, IL.  Currently I resi de in southern California and serve the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Orange County communities, officiating Read more...