Position: Rabbi Cantor

Graduated AJRCA 2009, Ordained as Cantor
Worked as Cantor at Temple Emanu-El, San Jose, CA, 2006-2016
Graduated AJRCA 2016, Ordained as Rabbi
Hired as Congressional Rabbi, Temple Beth Tikvah, Wayne NJ, April 2016
Hired as Congressional Rabbi, Temple Adas Shalom, Havre de Grace, MD, May 2022
Specializations

  • Baby Naming Ceremonies
  • Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutoring
  • Conversion Classes
  • Corrections Chaplaincy
  • Dedications & New Home Blessings
  • Funerals, Memorial Services & Unveilings
  • Hospital Chaplaincy
  • Spiritual Counseling/Spiritual Direction
  • Teaching/Education
  • Visiting the Sick/Bikkur Cholim
  • Vocal/Instrumental Performance
  • Weddings

Other Specializations:

Fluent Hebrew language, both modern and biblical

Thesis Title:
CHILDLESS JEWISH COUPLES: Yes To Life! L’ Chayim! (2016)
AND THE WOMEN SAID, “CAN THIS BE NAOMI?”

Naomi Shemer, Contemporary Israeli Poet and Songwriter:
Her Artistic Expression – Poetry, Prayer, Or Both? (2009)

Email: meekalemusic@yahoo.com