Im so delighted to be here. We are so glad to have you. Lets jump in and we will talk a little bit about congregation bnai in a moment, but the Northern California board of rabbis, can you talk a little bit about what the board of rabbis is and its function and perhaps even your vision for the future as our current president . Oh, sure. The board of rabbis of Northern California has a very wide geographic area. We spend, spend from the oregon border in the north to the eastern border of california and going over into nevada around reno and the lake tahoe area. And then south around salinas and monterey and then west over to the pacific ocean. We are open to ordained rabbis across the spectrum. Conservative, orthodox, reconstructionist, renewal, secular humanists, and also rabbis that are not affiliated with a particular denomination, even though they may have been trained and ordained in one. Just to the advertising, i should say i myself am a member of the board of rabbis and a former
I am delighted to be here. We are glad to have you. Lets jump in and talk a little bit about congregation in a moment. The board of rabbis can you talk a little bit about what the board is and its function. Perhaps even your vision for the future as our current president. Sure the board of the Northern California has a very wide geographic area. We spanned from the oregon border in the north to eastern border of california and going over into nevada around reno and lake tahoe. South around salinas and monterey, and then west over to the pacific ocean. We are open to ordained rabbis across the spectrum. Reform, conservative, orthodox, we have rabbis that are not affiliated with a particular nomination even though they may have been trained in one. As truth and advertising i am a member of the board. I am a former president myself up order directors. I am curious to know if you can talk a little bit about the ways in which the board thinks of itself as a peer group. As a group in which r
Well jump in and the Northern California board of rabbis can you talk a little about what the board of rabbis is and in thes function and perhaps even your vision for the future as our current president. Oh, sure. The board of rabbis of Northern California has a very wide Geographic Area from the northern border in the north to the eastern border of california and going over into nevada around reno and the lake tahoe area. Then south around salih nas and monterrey and then west over to the pacific ocean. We are open to ordained rabbis across the spectrum. Reformed, conservative, orthodox, restrictionist and rabbis not affiliated with a particular denomination even though they have been trained or ordained in one. I myself am a member and a former president myself of the board of directors, so im curious to know if you can talk a little bit about the ways in which the board of rabbis thinks of itself as appear group in which rabbis themselves care for each other and get to know one a no
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