Rabbi Rosalind Glazer
Over the past decade I have conducted soulful, egalitarian bar-bat mitzvahs in Israel and officiated at weddings and other life cycle ceremonies around the globe. I continue officiating at events in the United States, and will do the same in Israel and abroad when my interim service is completed.
My greatest passion has been working with young people as they learn about Torah & mitzvot, find inspiration in their heritage and take pride in their Judaism. I help students find their voice and express their unique vision of a better world. I celebrate as they identify the gifts they bring and wish to share in this life. This joyful and inspiring project is the one to which I have dedicated myself at Joyful Jerusalem!
I am the creator of the Sacred Hebrew Chant & Drum Experience TM and was a co-founder of VOCOLOT an internationally acclaimed ensemble with whom I performed for a decade and recorded 3 CDs. In addition to recording a 4th CD with singer-songwriter Naomi Hannah I’ve composed a collection of original chants and niggunim.
Prior to making aliyah in 2012, I was senior rabbi of former Congregation Beth Israel Judea, in San Francisco, and over the years I continued to serve in the US as both High Holiday Rabbi and Musical Liturgist. These synagogues included USCJ Temple Sinai, Cinnaminson, New Jersey, USCJ Sof Ma’arav in Honolulu, Hawaii USCJ Temple Beth El, Poughkeepsie, New York and former Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Emeth, Hewlett, New York. I teach Judaism individually to students young and old as well as to families and I offer spiritual & pastoral counseling for every life circumstance. A member of the Hevraya of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and trained in a variety of body-mind healing disciplines, I was certified as a Jewish meditation instructor at Chochmat Halev in 1998.
In my spare time I cook vegetarian food, hang out with my five sabra nieces & nephews, hike, swim, make beaded jewelry and sing around the table after a great Shabbat meal, with a pop-up vocal ensemble with the Kibbutz Revadim band, or perform new country & contemporary roots music.
