Pronouns: Mixed
rabbisam@kehillasynagogue.org
An Oakland native, Rabbi SAM was ordained at Hebrew College in Boston in 2020, returning home to work as a Chaplain Resident at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. A long-time Kehilla member, Rabbi SAM was a graduate of our Bar/Bat Mitzvah program, a past Board co-Chair, a founder of Glitter Kehilla, and Kehilla’s first Rabbinic Intern, during which they founded our Rad Trad Kab Shab experience and was a leader in the founding of our Belonging & Allyship Racial Justice Initiative. Rabbi SAM’s work at Kehilla is focused on key programs and community “pockets,” including our Conversion and Adult B’nei Mitzvah programs, Radically Inclusive Liturgically Traditional Kabbalat Shabbat (Rad Trad Kab Shab), and creating a chavura for folx withbabies and tots (age 0 – 4). After many years of being a professional circus performer, Rabbi SAM continues to climb on everything and prefers being upside-down.