Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

Senior Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin assumed the position of Rabbi in 1995, after serving in many leadership positions at TBI for eighteen years. He was born in 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has had a long and loving relationship with synagogue music. He studied cello at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and at the University of Oregon. Our services are enhanced by the beautiful liturgical music introduced and composed by Rabbi Yitzhak.

Rabbi Yitzhak was ordained as Baal T'fila (Cantor) by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach (z'l), is a member of the Cantors' Assembly, and was ordained as Rabbi by Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi. He has a strong background in social services and is an advocate for alter-abled people.

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Rabbi Maurice Harris

Rabbi Maurice Harris joined the staff at TBI in August 2003. In addition to rabbinic responsibilities, he oversees the Talmud Torah program.

Rabbi Maurice is a graduate of the Reconstrucionist Rabbinical College (RRC) where he was honored for his outstanding pulpit work at Temple Beth Israel in Macon, GA. He is an educator and has taught grades 2, 4, and 7. He was the Executive Director of the Holocaust Oral History Project in San Francisco, interned at Berkeley Hillel, and has numerous writing and directing projects to his credit.

We are thrilled to have Rabbi Maurice's energy, enthusiasm, and learning in our community.

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