Thank you for arriving at this page where I share about my personal and professional journey. Sharing about the stations, encounters, and experiences on our paths builds the resonant relationship that will infuse your ceremony with vibrancy and meaning. I look forward to hearing about your journey(s) during our discovery call.

A native Israeli, my spiritual path was catapulted while studying a textbook about the lifecycle of plants at my high-school’s library. Somewhere mid-chapter, I was startled with a sudden realization that the seasonal cycling of plant-life was wondrously eternal, seed to plant to flower, to fruit to seed and so on forever. It felt as if I was peeking at the pulse of eternity underneath nature’s veneer. Thus, I was thrust into a moment of awakening, גילוי שכינה, giluy shekhina, filling me with intense excitement, that also launched a lifelong spiritual search.

Ever curious, I immersed myself in the work of several masters over the next many years: the insights and practices of the Russian spiritual teacher George Gurdieff; the self-actualization methodology developed by the American spiritual philosopher Werner Erhard; and Tantra Yoga as taught at Ananda Marga International. The search also led me to my first encounters with the mystical Hasidic tales and Kabbalistic lore made accessible by Martin Buber, Elie Wiesel, Rabbi Schachter Shalomi, and others. This opened a doorway into the treasure house of ancient Jewish wisdom, into which I entered.

After earning a degree in Social Work from Haifa University, I moved to the US where my passion for Jewish, as well as world wisdom, were refocused. I joined the Jewish Renewal community in Philadelphia, PA, where we reclaimed texts and practices old and new that would revive a felt experience of Jewish spirituality. These efforts were guided by the luminary Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi, of blessed memory, along with other incredible trailblazer.

I have also engaged in consciousness work with the Mankind Project (MKP) and Whatever It Takes Group (WIT). Jungian psychology, deep ecology, and somatic men’s work framed these efforts. Certified as a WIT lead facilitator in 2011, I have been privileged to lead transformational group work for students and facilitators-in-training.

Currently, I study with Rabah Saphir Noyman Eyal, master of Zohar, Ari, and Baal HaSulam at the Mishkan Hakavana community in Israel where the insights of Kabbalah guide profound alignment. The inner journey has been ongoing.

I was ordained as rabbi in 2003 by the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) in New York City, and the national Aleph Ordination Program (AOP). Having served over the years as Rabbi for two Conservative synagogues, a Jewish Renewal educational community, and as lead facilitator of transformational group work, I take particular delight in leading life-cycle ceremonies, teaching adults and children, and offering spiritual direction in Israel, the US, and Europe. 

Over the years my view of the Bar/t Mitzvah ceremony has shifted. Bar/t Mitzvah is not a Jewish cultural exercise alone, but rather a ritual space for awakening, peace-making, creativity, and inner growth. When I work with your child and family I aim for a beginner’s-mind engagement with self, soul, and ancestral wisdom. Our approach integrates heaven and earth, spirit and identity, universality and particularity culminating in a wholesome rite of passage.

I look forward to serving as your guide on this exciting journey.