About

Temple B'nai Israel of Easton, MD (pictured above) brought me on as their 2024-25 Interim Rabbi, a new variation on a familiar role for both them and for me --- and it's been a great experience all around,  Besides the obvious service-leading, teaching, and counseling, I've served as an in-house consultant, a bridge-builder, a holder of community, and a tour guide through new-to-them elements of Jewish life.

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 I've likened the role to being the congregational 'palate cleanser':  honoring and savoring the 'taste' of what came before, while getting folks ready for the new sensation that awaits when the next only-dreamed-of course materializes.  But further:  while water alone can serve here, a more exciting separator is sorbet.  Rather than the interim rabbi who just ably holds the space, I want to be the palate cleanser that 'pops'.

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Serving a congregation as an Interim Rabbi is its own art form, and it's something that I both enjoy and am good at, in which I now have relevant experience.  Significantly, interim'ing easily crosses denominations: even as the boundaries between movements increasingly blur, most elements of the Reconstructionist rabbinate are closely akin to those seen in both Reform and Conservative settings (and I personally have history and facility with every egalitarian branch of American Judaism).

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I'm happy to brainstorm your community's needs with you, and also to furnish examples and stories (and recommendations!) from the good folks of Maryland's Eastern Shore.  Part-time, and within reasonable driving (or train-bus) distance from DC, are the likeliest to pique my own interest --- but no matter the location or the scope of work, I look forward to being in touch.