“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for people to dwell together in unity!” – Psalm 133:1
We invite you to join us to celebrate the installation of Rabbi Joshua Caruso as Senior Rabbi at Congregation Mishkan Or (26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood, OH 44122-7199).
This weekend will be filled with time to celebrate, worship, reflect, socialize, and engage.
We hope to see you there!
Rabbi Stephanie Kolin is a rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim. She previously served as the rabbi of Union Temple, as a rabbi of Central Synagogue in Manhattan, and Associate Rabbi at Temple Israel in Boston. Before moving back to NYC, Rabbi Kolin was national Co-Director of the Union for Reform Judaism’s Just Congregations, then the community organizing arm of the Reform Movement, and lead organizer and a founder of Reform CA (now RAC-CA), a statewide campaign of Reform congregations to work for a more just and compassionate California.
Rabbi Stacy L. Schlein is the Director of Educational Capacity Building at the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, where she supports local synagogue, early childhood and retreat programs. For fourteen years, she served as a rabbi and educator at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, where she also directed the weekly experiential Shabbaton Family Learning Program.
Rabbi Schlein graduated from Indiana University, was ordained at HUC-JIR in New York in 2001, and earned the school’s Executive M.A. in Jewish Education in 2017.
Rabbi Baht Yameem Weiss has been a part of the Temple Beth Ami clergy team since 2010. Born and raised in New York City, Rabbi Weiss graduated from the High School for Performing Arts (the “Fame” School) in Manhattan, where she majored in the Dramatic Arts. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and completed a Women’s Studies Program at Brandeis University. She received a Master’s degree in Hebrew Literature from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in New York in 2005.
She completed rabbinic internships at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life (Hillel) of New York University, Temple Sinai of Toronto Canada, Bellevue Hospital, Makor/Steinhardt, and Kent State Hillel. In 2006, Rabbi Weiss received her Rabbinical Ordination at HUC-JIR in New York. Rabbi Weiss served for four years as Assistant/Associate Rabbi at Temple Shalom in Naples, Florida. While in Florida, she was a “PEER” fellow in the STAR (Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal) Executive Leadership Program, 2008-09.
Honor Rabbi Caruso’s installation with a donation to his Discretionary Fund. Your gift helps him assist people facing hardship and support programs and causes within our congregation and the broader community.