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Our Clergy

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Rabbi Young joined Rodef Shalom Congregation in July 2025 and will be spending the year with us as our Interim Rabbi.

 

Rabbi David Young was most recently the interim rabbi for Congregation Beth Israel in Austin. He served as Interim Rabbi for KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago, and was Senior Rabbi at Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Fountain Valley, California for ten years. 

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Read more about Rabbi Young >

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Rabbi Sharyn H. Henry joined Rodef Shalom Congregation in 1999 and became our Rabbi Emerita in July 2025.

 

Her rabbinic focus centers on social action, inclusion, and worship. In 2013, Rabbi Henry was presented with a Doctor of Divinity degree by the Hebrew Union College for her 25 years teaching “the faith, culture and ethics of Reform Judaism."

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Read more about Rabbi Henry  >

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Jewish Life

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Yael Eads

Youth Director & B'Mitzvah Coordinator​

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eads@rodefshalom.org

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Stephanie Wolfe

Religious School Assistant Director,

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ad@jjep.org

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Sam Siskind

Librarian

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siskind@rodefshalom.org​​

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Ellie Kleinman-Feibus

Sidney & Shirley C. Rapport

Family Center Director​

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feibus@rodefshalom.org

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Don Megahan

Music Director & Organist​

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megahan@rodefshalom.org​​​

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Rabbi Aaron Bisno

Frances F. & David R. Levin Rabbinic Scholar

bisno@rodefshalom.org

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Rabbi Larry Freedman
Religious School Director
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RabbiLF@jjep.org​​​

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Rabbi Jessica Locketz

Engagement Coordinator​

​locketz@rodefshalom.org

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Administration

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Drew Barkley

Executive Director

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drew@rodefshalom.org​

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Mayda Roth

Director of Development​

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roth@rodefshalom.org

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Kate Kim
Director of Marketing and Communications​

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kim@rodefshalom.org​

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Valli Plutto

Director of Facilities​

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plutto@rodefshalom.org​

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Facilities 

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Steve Johnson
Building and Safety Supervisor​
johnson@rodefshalom.org
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Luis Marquez
Maintenance​
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Dave Seskey
Building Superintendent
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seskey@rodefshalom.org
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Diana Martino
West View Cemetery Superintendent
412.931.1600
westview@rodefshalom.org
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Tony Campbell
Maintenance

 
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John Dalfonso
Cemetery Staff

Additional Contacts

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Gift Corner

Elaine Rybski

Gift Corner Manager

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rybski@rodefshalom.org

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Archives

archives@rodefshalom.org 

412.621.6566 ext. 131

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