Our Team
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Maharat Victoria Sutton
Maharat Victoria Sutton is the Director of Education and Community Engagement at Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley. She was ordained through Yeshivat Maharat in 2014. A graduate of Barnard College, with a BA in Biological Sciences, she also holds a Grand Diploma in Pastry Arts from the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan.
Rabbi Michael Ragozin
Rabbi Michael Ragozin began his tenure at Congregation Shirat Hayam (CSH) in July 2015. He offers multiple pathways to Jewish life, learning, and prayer, striving to deliver the most fulfilling spiritual experience and the best supplemental childhood and teen education on the North Shore.
Rabbi Mitchel Malkus
Rabbi Mitchel Malkus has served as Head of School at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington, D.C. since 2013. Previously he was Head of School of the Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles, CA for twelve years.
Rabbi Jordie Gerson
Rabbi Jordie Gerson, rabbi of Greenwich Reform Synagogue, was ordained as a rabbi at Hebrew Union College in New York City; she also holds a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Bachelor of Arts from Bates College. Read More
Rabbi Nate Crane
Rabbi Nate Crane is the Rabbi of Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah, and in 2020, he was appointed to serve on the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS), the governing body determining Jewish law and practice for the Conservative movement as a whole.
Rabbi Noah Cheses
Rabbi Noah Cheses grew up in Boston where he attended Maimonides School. He received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University (RIETS) and earned his Master’s in Theology from Yale University. During his studies, he was a Norman Lamm Fellow in Jewish Thought and a Wexner Graduate Fellow.
Rabbi Debra Bowen
Rabbi Debra Bowen is a native of Philadelphia and is the spiritual Leader of Congregation Temple Beth’El, located in the West Oak Lane section of the city. It is an eclectic synagogue whose membership is majority African American. She is the daughter of the late Rabbi Louise Elizabeth Dailey, z”l, who was a brilliant teacher of Torah and the spiritual leader of CTB for 50 years.
Rabbi Peter Berg
Rabbi Peter Berg became the fifth senior rabbi of The Temple since 1895 in July 2008. Rabbi Berg is passionate about Jewish learning and meaningful worship, and he is an advocate for social change.
Rabbi Sarah Barukh
Rabbi Sarah Barukh is one of the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) educators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a 950-bed acute care and teaching facility located in Los Angeles. Prior to serving in this capacity, Rabbi Barukh provided direct patient care as one of the medical center’s Jewish Chaplains.
Executive Vice President
Rabbi Elan Babchuck
Rabbi Elan Babchuck is committed to leaving behind a world that is more compassionate and connected than the one he found. In pursuit of that commitment, he serves as the Executive Vice President at Clal, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, and the Founding Executive Director of Glean Network, which partners with Columbia Business School. He was ordained in 2012, and earned his MBA that year, as well.