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Our youth education is called the Spinoza* Program and it provides our young people with a positive and enriching Jewish cultural educational experience that will empower them to make choices about how to incorporate Jewish culture and heritage into their own lives, supplying them with the tools to make informed decisions about their Jewish identities. We also place an important emphasis on Read more...

Dr. Steven Carr Reuben has been involved in the field of moral development and spiritual education for nearly forty years. He holds Bachelors degrees in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of California, Davis, two Master’s degrees from the University of Southern California and the Hebrew Union College, Certification in Aging and Human Development from the University of Georgia, Read more...

Founder of Open Temple in Venice, CA, Lori’s rabbinate is dedicated to reaching unaffiliated and intermarried families and seekers. Previously the Director of Jewish Life and Senior Consultant for Interfaith Relations and Outreach at the University of Southern California Hillel, Lori’s transdenominational rabbinate was informed by her studies at the American Jewish University, years living in Israel studying within an Read more...

Rabbi Lawrence P. (Larry) Seidman, Ph.D. I was born in Brooklyn, NY and have been active in the Jewish community all of my life. At twelve, I undertook my first leadership role as president and service officiant of the Junior Congregation at the Kings Highway Jewish Center. As I grew, my desire to pursue science and analysis lead me to Read more...

Cantor and Rabbi Judith Seid is a graduate of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism and holds a masters degree in Jewish Communal Studies from Hebrew Union College. A graduate of the Secular Shule movement, she taught in and directed several Secular Jewish supplemental schools and directed the Ann Arbor Jewish Cultural Society for many years. She founded the Read more...

Rabbi Lex Rofeberg is a Jewish educator and activist who serves as co-host of the Judaism Unbound podcast and as Senior Jewish Educator for Judaism Unbound’s UnYeshiva, a digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Judaic Studies from Brown University in 2013. While in college he served as Brown RISD Hillel’s student president, Read more...

Rabbi Rayzel Raphael brings a rich background in spirituality and ritual, feminism, and music to Judaism. “My rabbinic goal is to bring as much joy to Judaism as I can muster,” she says. Read the articles about Rabbi Raphael in Kol Aleph and Jewish Exponent. Wedding Officiant: Voted in the Top Ten in Philadelphia Area 2020 Rabbi: Four Congregations/Mentor/Teacher/Spiritual Guide Read more...

As a Universal rabbi and author, I sincerely believe that some Jewish values are universal and the world may benefit by learning more about them. Judaism has always had a universal aspect even if we rarely engaged in seeking converts. Judaism has also continued to evolve and needs to adapt in the 21st Century to keep up with science and Read more...

Traci Marx is a musical prayer leader who prays and plays with great joy and deep reverence.  Traci found Kavana in 2015 and serves as the Spiritual and Musical Director, where she leads prayer services, Hebrew chanting sessions, and spirituality retreats. Ordained as a Kohenet, Hebrew Priestess, Traci officiates weddings, B’nai mitzvah, memorials, and other life cycle events, utilizing meaningful Read more...

Cantor Abbe Lyons is dedicated to enhancing the spiritual and emotional power of music and Jewish learning in everyday life as well as in sacred spaces. She is on the faculty at ALEPH Ordination Programs, where she studied with Hazzan Jack Kessler and received smicha as Hazzan (Cantor) in 2010. She is a Hillel professional at Ithaca College, where received a B.Mus. Read more...