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Meet the 2023-2025 CCAR Board of Trustees

Every two years, the Central Conference of American Rabbis welcomes a new Board of Trustees to do the important work of representing and supporting the diversity of the Reform rabbinate and their ever-changing needs. This year, at the annual CCAR Convention—held in Israel at the end of February—the new Board was installed.

This new group of Board Members includes rabbis in different rabbinic roles, from spiritual leaders of large congregations to solo rabbis managing small but vibrant congregations, as well as a freelance rabbi, a rabbi-educator, and a rabbi working in an academic setting. This group also represents a wide swath of North American communities, including Canada.

Under the leadership of CCAR Chief Executive, Rabbi Hara Person, and new CCAR President, Rabbi Erica Asch, what this Board shares is a passion for leadership, collaboration, and a vision to help sustain the Reform rabbinate of today and build the rabbinate of tomorrow.

We welcome this new CCAR Board! May they be blessed as they begin this sacred work.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Rabbi Hara Person

New York, New York
PRESIDENT
Rabbi Erica Asch

Temple Beth El
Augusta, Maine
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Rabbi Lewis Kamrass

Senior Rabbi
Isaac M. Wise Temple
Cincinnati, Ohio
PRESIDENT ELECT
Rabbi David Lyon

Senior Rabbi Congregation Beth Israel
Houston, Texas
VICE PRESIDENT
FINANCE
Rabbi Dan Levin

Senior Rabbi
Temple Beth El
Boca Raton, FL    
VICE PRESIDENT
LEADERSHIP
Rabbi Randy Sheinberg

Temple Tikvah
New Hyde Park, NY
VICE PRESIDENT
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Rabbi Barry Block

Congregation B’nai Israel
Little Rock, AR
VICE PRESIDENT PROGRAM
Rabbi Rick Kellner
Senior Rabbi Congregation Beth Tikvah
Columbus, OH

VICE PRESIDENT
VARIED RABBINATES
Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, PhD

Freelance Rabbi
Montclair, NJ

AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBERS

Rabbi Jeremy Barras
Senior Rabbi
Temple Beth Am
Pinecrest, FL
Rabbi Jonathan Blake
Senior Rabbi
Westchester Reform Temple
Scarsdale, NY
Rabbi Andrea Goldstein
Congregation Shaare Emeth
St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Dr. Shirley Idelson
Associate Professor and Director of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Rabbi Stephanie Kramer
Senior Rabbi
Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah
Overland Park, KS
Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg
Senior Rabbi
Temple Israel Ottawa
Ontario, Canada
Rabbi Cookie Olshein
Senior Rabbi
Temple Emanuel
Tempe, AZ
Rabbi Stephen Rau
Director of Lifelong Learning
The Temple Hebrew Benevolent Congregation
Atlanta, GA

CCAR CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS

WRN Board Member
Rabbi Alysa Mendelson Graf
Port Jewish Center
Port Washington, NY
Co-Executive Vice President of NAORRR
Rabbi Emeritus Gary Glickstein
Miami, FL

EX-OFFICIO

Dr. Andrew Rehfeld
President, HUC-JIR
Rabbi Rick Jacobs
President, URJ

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