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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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Dana Block

Executive Assistant to the Clergy

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DBlock@BeitKulanu.org​​

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Rabbi Larry Freedman
Religious School Director
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Sam Siskind

Librarian

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SSiskind@BeitKulanu.org

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Yael Eads

Youth Director & B'Mitzvah Coordinator​

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YEads@BeitKulanu.org​​

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Rabbi Stephanie Wolfe

Religious School Assistant Director

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SWolfe@BeitKulanu.org

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Rabbi Aaron Bisno

Frances F. & David R. Levin Rabbinic Scholar

RabbiBisno@BeitKulanu.org

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Ellie Kleinman-Feibus

Sidney & Shirley C. Rapport

Family Center Director​

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EKFeibus@BeitKulanu.org

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Don Megahan

Music Director & Organist​

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DMegahan@BeitKulanu.org

Administration

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Drew Barkley

Executive Director

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DBarkley@BeitKulanu.org​

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Valli Plutto

Facilities Director​

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VPlutto@BeitKulanu.org​

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Edie Raphael

Assistant to the Executive Director

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ERaphael@BeitKulanu.org​

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Mayda Roth

Development Director​

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MRoth@BeitKulanu.org

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Kate Fraser
Administrative Services Director 

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KFraser@BeitKulanu.org​

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Accounts Manager

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JAiello@BeitKulanu.org

Facilities 

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Steve Johnson
Building and Safety Supervisor​
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Luis Marquez
Maintenance​
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Dave Seskey
Building Superintendent
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DSeskey@BeitKulanu.org
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Mac Wolfson
Kitchen Manager
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MWolfson@BeitKulanu.org
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Tony Campbell
Maintenance

 
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Diana Martino
West View Cemetery Superintendent
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Westview@BeitKulanu.org

Additional Contacts

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Gift Corner

Elaine Rybski

Gift Corner Manager

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ERybski@BeitKulanu.org

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Archives

Archives@BeitKulanu.org 

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