Rabbi & Staff
While in Jerusalem, he began his rabbinic studies at the Hebrew Union College, from which he received his ordination in New York in 1990. During his years in rabbinical school, he was a founding member of TaMaR, the Reform Zionist Youth Movement, and of Hinenu, the gay rabbinical student organization that was pivotal in the successful fight for the ordination of LGBT clergy in the Reform movement.
David served 25 years as the rabbi for the Hebrew Association of the Deaf in New York and also teaches religion, ethics, and literature on the college level, and served as the first Dean of Cook Commons at Middlebury College. He received his honorary Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew Union College in 2015 and worked as the spiritual leader at the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation in New Hampshire from 2016 until joining Temple Sinai in 2018.
Pastoral Care
If you ever feel you need to talk to the rabbi for spiritual counseling or advice, please contact the Rabbi (put confidential in the subject header) or the Temple Administrator or call 802.862.5125.