Chaplains

Thesis Title: *HAS SCIENCE FOUND THE SOUL THAT JUDAISM NEVER LOST? The Soul by Any Other Name is Still a Soul (2013)

Hospice Chaplain, Skirball Hospice/Los Angeles Home for the Aging. Writer, singer, performer, status quo changer!

Position: Chaplain Intern

Board Certified Chaplain, APC. Senior Chaplain, Providence Little Company of Mary, Torrance; retired 1.16 .15. Now Per Diem. Co-leading Healing services at Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue  Specializations Baby Naming …

Position: On call chaplain

My background before Chaplaincy was in education. I worked as a teacher, a trainer of teachers, CEO and owner of a teacher training company, and a policy maker as a …

Muriel Dance currently serves as Executive Director of the Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din. She graduated as a Jewish Chaplain from the Academy for Jewish Religion, California in May 2011.

Ari Einhorn received her BA with honors with a double major in Philosophy and Relgious Studies from Flagler College in St/ Augustine, Florida. She also holds a graduate Certificate in …

Board Certified. D’vorah served for many years as Senior Chaplain at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center until her retirement in October 2019.

A recognized and respected expert in the field of Jewish education, Rabbi Yehoshua "Shuki" Gabbai has spent over two decades leading Jewish Day Schools both in Israel and the United …

Currently serving as Coordinator of the Caring Community Program of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center

Adam Kinsey received his equivalency certificate and dropped out of high school in 1982.  After being a restaurant worker, musician, political activist and writer, he attended New College of California, …

Chaplain Leslie Klipstein is a staff chaplain at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank, CA. 

Chaplain Dina Kuperstock graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a BA in American Culture, and minors in Film/Media  and Anthropology.  Prior to pursuing chaplaincy, Dina was an …

Chaplain graduated from AJR/Ca May 2007. She is a certified Grief Counselor,Morei Derekh (Jewish Spiritual Director) and Energy Healer (national Federation of Spiritual Healers.

Education has been Randy's "Happy Place", both as a student and teacher.  He received a BA in Sociology from the University of California, Riverside, a BS in Theology at Samaritan …

Thesis Title: THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS (A MEMORIAL BOOKLET) (2010) Abstract: I wrote this book for anyone who considers him/herself a spiritual person. I used the medium of the Jewish faith as …

Stephen graduated with B.A. from Dartmouth College(1963), an M.A. from Tufts University (1965) and a Ph.D. from Indiana University (1970) and was a tenured Associate Professor at Queens College.

Chaplain Jennifer Eaves Nye, BCC serves as Associate Spiritual Leader at Valley Outreach Synagogue. Previously she served in an interfaith capacity as a Spiritual Counselor at Valley’s Best Hospice and …

Ian Perry graduated from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BA in Literature, emphasis in Creative Writing.  As an undergraduate, his poetry …

Michael has pioneered the use of the mythopoetic intervention strategy for use in traumatized veteran and first-responder populations. His thesis for the Academy for Jewish Religion California is entitled "Jewish …

After a career as a business lawyer, Deborah entered AJRCA to learn more about Jewish Spirituality, and to be part of a like-minded community in order to deepen her relationship …

During the past two years she was a High Holy Days Cantorial Soloist/Shlichat Tziburah at Congregation Am Ha Yam in Ventura. In 2014, Mitzi released her first CD, entitled "Remember …

Thesis Title: RECOVERING THE JEWISH SPIRIT: Jewish Service Learning and Addiction Recovery (2014) Email: siegelab@yahoo.com  

I am a free-lance chaplain, providing spiritual care to individuals and their loved ones in times of crisis, loss and sorrow.

Grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa. Graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelors in Education. Received a Masters Degree in Counseling from Calif. State Univ. Long Beach.

Thesis Title: THE TRANSDENOMINATIONAL PHENOMENON: Contribution or Curse to the Jewish Community (2006)

Judy received her BS in Psychology from UCLA, followed by a Master's from USC in Special Education, with honors.  She worked as an early intervention specialist at USC's John Tracy …

Thesis Title: SOUL AND SPIRIT IN THE WORKPLACE: THE CASE FOR INTERFAITH WORKPLACE CHAPLAINCY PROJECTED THROUGH A JEWISH LENS (2011) Abstract: Businesses are becoming more aware of the need for …

Candi serves as a hospice and community chaplain in the Temecula Valley of the Inland Empire. Candi has a part-time counseling practice out of her home, facilitates a monthly cancer …

NAJC Board Certified Chaplain.

Meagan Leigh Yudell knew at a very young  age that  she  wanted  to serve  those  in need  of emotional  and spiritual  support.   It was the  diagnosis at age fifteen with …