Solel Clergy
| Rabbi John Linder comes to the valley from Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim (BJBE) in Glenview, Illinois. Through his work, BJBE was honored by the Union for Reform Judaism with the prestigious Irwin J. Fain Award for excellence in social justice. Rabbi Linder was ordained at the Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, in Cincinnati in 2003. He had earned his Master’s of Hebrew Letters from the Institute the previous year. A 1980 graduate of Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, Rabbi Linder became a rabbi, at age 46, after earlier career success as a labor organizer and, later, in his family’s scrap recycling business in Buffalo, New York. |
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| Rabbi Maynard W. Bell Emeritus, served as rabbi for 25 years. Rabbi Bell received his rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in 1974. Under his leadership, our congregation has grown from exponentially over the years. Rabbi Bell has a long history of involvement in the Jewish, inter-religious and civic community of Greater Phoenix. The Israel Bonds Organization honored Rabbi bell with its "City of Peace Award" for his efforts on behalf of Soviet Jews. |
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