spiritual leadership
 Ner
Shalom is a
lay-led congregation. We rejoice in the pool of spirit, skills and
scholarship which our members and friends bring to this community, as
together we study, pray and grow.
Congregant Irwin Keller is Ner Shalom's lay
Spiritual Leader. Reb Irwin brings a lifetime of study,
spirit and song to his joyous work with Ner Shalom. Besides a former
career as a non-profit attorney and a current one as a performer with
the acclaimed Kinsey Sicks, Reb
Irwin brings a wealth of Jewish study and leadership to his work. He
studied Hebrew, Aramaic, Yiddish and a range of Jewish Studies at the
University of Chicago and the Hebrew Univerisity of Jerusalem, and has
worked as a Jewish educator, teen programmer and cantorial soloist at
synagogues in Illinois, California and Washington, DC. Click
here to read "From Drag Queen to Sabbath Queen" - an article in J
Magazine about Reb Irwin's unorthodox combination of callings.
Some of Reb Irwin's drashot for Ner
Shalom can be found on his blog, Itzik's Well.
We also engage guest rabbis to teach,
to lead services periodically, and to serve as scholars-in-residence.
Click on Calendar to see what guest rabbis
will be visiting us over
the coming months.
If you are in crisis and seek
rabbinic counseling or other specific rabbinic services, Rabbi Ted
Feldman at Congregation B'nai Israel in Petaluma has graciously agreed
to be on call for this community. You can reach Rabbi Feldman at (707)
762-0340.
To contact Reb Irwin by email, click here.
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