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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...

We are a new kind of group – creating progressive Jewish spirituality in the desert. Our Rabbi, David Lazar, meets all seekers —Jewish or not, believer or skeptic, student or scholar, just trying it out or tried and true —wherever we are in our spiritual journey. His deep grounding in Jewish scholarship and learning, practice, and social engagement foster the open Read more...

Born in Los Angeles in 1957, Rabbi Lazar has lived and practiced across the spectrum of Jewish observance, from his liberal Conservative familial roots to Orthodoxy in his teens, followed by his move to Israel, where he began his rabbinical studies while serving in the IDF Armor Corps. In 1981, while  farming in the Gaza Strip, he met and married Read more...

Rabbi Matt has officiated at numerous funerals, weddings, and other lifecycle events through his various roles in congregations and in the community. A California native, Rabbi Matt is a graduate of the University of California at Davis, where he earned his undergraduate degree in geography. Matt spent many years volunteering and working in the field of disaster relief for organizations Read more...

Rabbi Zelig Golden’s vision for a thriving, earth-based Jewish tradition developed out of a lifetime of nature connection, Jewish leadership, and commitment to environmental advocacy. Zelig invokes mentorship, facilitation, and ceremonial tools to guide an annual cycle of land-based festivals, nature-based rites of passage, and mentorship for emerging leaders. Zelig received rabbinic ordination from ALEPH, Alliance for Jewish Renewal, supported Read more...

Rae Abileah is a social change strategist, author, editor, ritual facilitator, and advocate for collective liberation and economic justice. For over fifteen years she’s worked with nonprofits and social movements, from volunteer to executive director. She now runs her own consultancy supporting clients to create impactful events, publish books, coordinate strategic campaigns, mark life transitions with moving rituals, and achieve 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...