Rabbinical Council

The Hazon Rabbinical Council is a mutually beneficial and supportive avenue for Hazon to help catalyze a broad spectrum of religious leaders to use Hazon as a portal for education, action and advocacy, helping them be stronger leaders in areas of environmental sustainability and the Jewish tradition which compels us to action.


Rabbinical Council Members

Trail Blazers: $1000 a year or more:

  • Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Central Synagogue, New York, NY
  • Rabbi Neil Blumofe, Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin, Texas
  • Rabbi Hillel Cohn, San Bernardino, Sun City Jewish Congregation
  • Rabbi Everett Gendler
  • Rabbi Fred Margulies, Pushing the Envelope Farm, Geneva, IL
  • Rabbi Elizabeth Miller, Larchmont Temple, Larchmont, NY
  • Rabbi Jay Moses, Wexner Foundation, Columbus, OH
  • Rabbis Jeffery Bain and Anat Moskowitz, Congregation Bnai Torah, West Minster, NY
  • Rabbi Joshua Ratner, JLENS, Woodbridge, CT
  • Rabbi Erin Leib Smokler, Maharat, New York City, NY
  • Rabbi Daniel Smokler, Hillel’s Office of Innovation, New York City, NY
  • Rabbi Marc Soloway, Congregation Bonai Shalom, Boulder, CO
  • Rabbi Keith Stern, Temple Beth Avodah, Newton Centre, MA
  • Rabbi Nahum Twersky, New York City, NY

Bridge Builders: $360 a year or more:

  • Rabbi Noah Arnow, Kol Rinah, St. Louis, MO
  • Rabbi Phyllis Berman, ALEPH, Philadelphia, PA
  • Rabbi Eliav Bock
  • Rabbi Lester Bronstein, Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, White Plains, NY
  • Rabbi Gila Caine, Temple Beth Ora, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • Rabbi Marc Cohn, Temple Emmanuel, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Kohenet Paula Freedman, Brooklyn, NY
  • Rabbi Sam Feinsmith, Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Chicago, IL
  • Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo NY
  • Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits, Santa Monica, CA
  • Rabbi Brian Immerman, Congregation Mishkan Israel, Hamden, CT
  • Rabbi David Ingber, Romemu, New York, NY
  • Rabbi Claudia Kreiman, Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, MA
  • Rabbi Jonathan Prosnit, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA
  • Rabbi Gloria Rubin, Oakland, NJ
  • Rabbi Daniel Sayani, Brooklyn, NY
  • Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Kenissa, CLI and Hazon, Rockville, MD
  • Rabbi Jacob Siegel, JLENS, Eugene, OR
  • Rabbi Garth Silberstein, Kenesset Israel Torah Center, Sacramento, CA
  • Rabbi Deborah Silver, Shir Chadash, Metairie, LA
  • Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, founder and spiritual leader of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County
  • Rabbi Burton Visotksy, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY

Lamp Lighters: $180 a year or more:

  • Rabbi David Ackerman, Beth Am Israel, Penn Valley, PA
  • Rabbi Katy Allen, Jewish Climate Action Network, Wayland, MA
  • Rabbi Teri Appleby, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun the South Street Temple, Lincoln, NE
  • Rabbi Elliot Baskin, Congregation Har Shalom, Greenwood, CO
  • Rabbi Benjamin Barnett, Havurah Shalom, Portland, OR
  • Rabbi Birdie Becker, Temple Emanuel-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO
  • Rabbi Julianne Benioff, Mishkan Shalom, Ashland, OR
  • Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum, Temple Har Zion, Mt. Holly, NJ
  • Rabbi Rachel Berenblat, Congregation Beth Israel, North Adams, MA
  • Rabbi Ellen Bernstein, founder of Shomrei Adamah, Amherst, MA
  • Rabbi Michael Birnholz, Temple Beth Shalom, Vero Beach, FL
  • Rabbi Deborah Bronstein, Congregation Har HaShem, Boulder, CO
  • Rabbi Professor Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
  • Rabbi Yael Beuchler, Solomon Schechter, Westchester, NY
  • Rabbi Hanania Cohen, Frum Farm, Denver, CO
  • Kohenet Shamira Chandler, Romemu, Brooklyn, NY
  • Rabbi Robin Damsky, Inthegardens.org, Durham, NC
  • Rabbi Julie Danan, Pleasantville Community Synagogue, Pleasantville NY
  • Rabbi Nate DeGroot, Hazon, Detroit, MI
  • Rabbi Bruce Elder, Hakafa, Glencoe, IL
  • Rabbi Shoshana Friedman, Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA
  • Rabbi Jonah Geffen, Sharei Tzedek New York, NY
  • Rabbi Ilan Glazer, Torah of Life, Silver Spring, MD
  • Rabbi Katie Greenberg, Bronx, NY
  • Rabbi Fred Greene, Congregation Har HaShem, Boulder, CO
  • Rabbi Brent Gutmann, Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield, MI,
  • Rabbi Jill Hammer, Kohenet, New York, NY
  • Rabbi Hazzan Rachel Hersh, Adat Shalom, Bethesda, MD
  • Rabbi Lauren Herrmann, The SAJ Synagogue, Philadelphia, PA
  • Rabbi Margaret Holub, Mendocino Coast Jewish Community, Caspar, CA
  • Rabbi Evan Krame, The Jewish Studio, Rockville, MD
  • Rabbi Aharon Ariel-Lavi, Hazon, Tshuvah, Israel
  • Rabbi Radall Mark, Shomrei Torah, Wayne, NJ
  • Cantor Bat-Ami Moses, Columbus, OH
  • Rabbi Micah Peltz, Temple Beth Shalom, Cherry Hill, NJ
  • Rabbi Aaron Philmus, Temple Torat Yisroel, Rhode Island, NY
  • Kohenet Jessica (Yapeth Perla) Rubin, Roots and Trails, Essex Junction, VT
  • Rabbi Isaiah J. Rothstein, Hazon, Brooklyn, NY
  • Rabbi Richard Rudnick, Jewish Health Care Center, Worcester, MA
  • Rabbi Bill Rudolph, Congregation Beth El, Bethesda, MD
  • Rabbi Jan Salzman, Ruach haMaqom, Burlington, VT
  • Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia, JCC Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
  • Rabbi Isaac Serotta, Makom Solel Lakeside, Highland Park, IL
  • Rabbi Jeremy Sher, OrganicTorah.org, Oakland, CA
  • Lana Shalumov, MONGA Coaching, Brooklyn, NY
  • Rabbi Alyson Solomon, Beth Chayim Chadashim, Los Angeles, CA
  • Rabbi Hannah Spiro, Hill Havura, Washington, DC
  • Rabbi Sarah Tasman, Tasman Center for Jewish Creativity, Washington, DC
  • Rabbi Avraham and Rachel Trugman, Ohr Chadash, Moshav Mevo Modiim, Israel
  • Rabbi Becca Walker, MSU Hillel, East Lansing, MI
  • Rabbi Daria Jacobs-Velde, Oseh Shalom, Laurel, MD
  • Rabbi Joshua Jacobs-Velde, Oseh Shalom, Laurel, MD
  • Rabbi Ezra Weinberg, Washington Heights YMCA, New York, NY
  • Rabbi Gabi Weinberg, The Tikvah Fund, New York, NY
  • Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Congregation Simchat HaLev,  Syosset, NY
  • Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach, Congregation Shaarey Israel, Suffern, NY
  • Rabbi Ora Weiss, Restorative Judaism, Boston, MA
  • Rabbi Paula Winnig, Madison, WI
  • Rabbi Sara Zacharia, Queens College Hillel, New York, NY
  • Rabbi Lina Zerbarini, Kehillat Shalom Synagogue, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Benefits of Rabbinical Council membership:

  • Public recognition on the Hazon website where you will be listed as part of the Rabbinical Council.
  • Join a network of nearly 100 clergy sharing resources and best practices over the rabbinical council listserv
  • Receive the Hazon Rabbinical Council monthly newsletter
  • 15% off three retreats of your choice up at the home of Hazon, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
  • Invitation to exclusive, quarterly webinars led by thought leaders in the field of environmental sustainability and climate justice.
  • Hazon can promote your Jewish outdoor, food and environmental events online. Send us links to your programs and we’ll share them with our communities. Let’s collaborate!
  • One-on-one mentoring and support for your sustainability ideas and goals