4 results for group: clergy


Cantor Kevin Margolius

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Cantor Margolius graduated with a BS in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University and received an MA in Jewish Studies and cantorial ordination from Hebrew College. While at Hebrew College, he was awarded the Myer and Anna Wolf Prize for Judaic and Hebraic Studies, the Cantor Rick Boyer Prize for Hazzanut, and an honorary diploma from the Prozdor High School for leadership in creating new curricula. He is a member of the Cantors Assembly (Conservative), American Conference of Cantors (Reform), and Guild of Temple Musicians (Reform). Before coming to Touro Synagogue, Cantor Margolius served as cantor and ...

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Rabbi Todd Silverman

Rabbi Todd Silverman joined Touro Synagogue in the summer of 2015 and serves as our Associate Rabbi and director of lifelong learning.  He arrived in New Orleans from Los Angeles, but is originally from Clifton Park, NY.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from SUNY Oswego and worked as a residence counselor for Transitional Living Services in Syracuse, NY, providing in-home services to clients with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injuries. Having had enough of the Upstate New York winters, he then moved out west to Southern California where he taught 1st and 4th grades at Brawerman Elementary School in West Los Angeles before ...

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Rabbi Emeritus David Goldstein

Rabbi Emeritus David Goldstein, who is married with two children and six grandchildren, was born in Princeton, New Jersey and received his higher education at Miami University of Ohio and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), where he was ordained a rabbi. In 1974 he received the degree of Ph.D. (cum laude) from St. Mary’s Seminary and University of Baltimore, in consortium with the Baltimore Hebrew University. In 1990 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by HUC-JIR. Following ordination in 1965, Rabbi Goldstein served as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Japan. Upon his release from ...

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Rabbi Katie Bauman

Born in New Orleans, Rabbi Bauman is overjoyed to have the opportunity to serve the synagogue that has been so important in her family story. Rabbi Bauman attended Washington University in St. Louis and graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies. She was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2009 where she earned the “Nathan Stern Prize” in 2008 and “Simon Lazarus Prize” in 2009 for highest academic achievement.  She also received a Masters Degree in Education Administration from Xavier University. As a student rabbi, Rabbi Bauman served pulpits in Natchez, ...

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