Young, Chaplain Laura (AJRCA 2010)
NAJC Board Certified Chaplain.
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 support group and av Women’s Jewish spirituality group.
History of over 35 years in academic administration and teaching;research interest in Jewish Alaska – will have an exhibit at the Alaska Jewish Museum on The Miracle that Didn’t Happen: The Failed Alaskan Resettlement Plan which will open in early 2017.
Batshir is the Senior Jewish Educator at the JCC in San Francisco where she feels privileged to lead community members and staff in learning, playing, and discovering through text and ritual. In addition, Batshir is the interim rabbi at Am Tikvah in San Francisco, and rabbinic lead at Kehillah SF, two unique Egalitarian Bay Area communities.
I was ordained by AJRCA in 2007. Since then, I have been working as the community rabbi in Desert Hot Springs, CA, doing monthly Shabbat services as well as holiday observances.
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.
Since 2019, Rabbi Mindie Snyder has served Sun Health Senior Living Communities in Greater Phoenix, AZ as rabbi and chaplain, providing spiritual care, facilitating innovative special needs groups, and implementing educational, life cycle, and ritual services for residents and staff.
PhD Anatomy, UCLA, on faculty for several years
Medical School UCLA
Anesthesiology Residency UCLA