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Rabbi Claudio Kaiser-Blueth

Rabbi Kaiser-Blueth was born in Argentina. He studied at the University of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires in the Department of History, and at the Seminario Rabinico Latino Americano (The Rabbinical Seminary in Latin America). He received Ordination in Israel in 1973 and studied Contemporary Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

His pulpits included Lima, Peru; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Puerto Rico; Los Angeles and Lakewood, California.

He also taught at the University of Judaism in the Rabbinical Department, at the Elderhostel and in a Continuing Education program. He lectured extensively in the USA and abroad. He was President of the
Clergy Association from Westchester-Ladera Heights and the Harbor Board of Rabbis of Long Beach; and a member of the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, Western Region. 

He actively participated in various Rabbinical/Humanitarian missions to Cuba. He performed life-cycle events for the various communities in Cuba, and was instrumental in Cuban Jewish Aliyot to Israel. He was the Director of Jewish Studies at Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School in Irvine, California, where he also taught middle and high School students. Before retiring, his last pulpit duty was in Vancouver, Canada at Beth Tikvah Congregation in Richmond, B.C. from September 2004 to August 2014.

Rabbi Kaiser-Blueth is married to Susy Kaiser-Blueth. They have three adult children. Rabbi Yoni and his wife Mandy have three children: Zoe, Shai and Liel. Rabbi Rafi is married to Rachel Goodman and they
have three boys: Tuvia, Jordi and Nathan. Finally, their daughter Elisheva is married to Elie Engler and they have three children: Bella, Yaacov and Hannah.

Rabbi Melvin Sirner

He was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Michigan. He received his Masters in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He served 43 years at Beth El Synagogue of New Rochelle, New York. There he was an Assistant/ Associate Rabbi from 1972-1977. Then from 1977-2015, he was their Senior Rabbi now is their Rabbi Emeritus. In Atlanta, he worked at Congregation Shearith Israel from 2015-2016 as their Interim Rabbi.

Rabbi Stephen Chaim Listfield

Rabbi Listfield is a native of New Jersey. He began his education with a BA from Rutgers, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He continued his studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, received his MA and graduated as the class valedictorian in 1974. He also studied at Princeton and Yale Graduate Schools, as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been a congregational rabbi for 39 years, since his ordination from JTS.

Rabbi Listfield’s extensive experience began in Hollywood, FL, as Associate Rabbi of Temple Sinai, then continued as Associate Rabbi in Washington, DC, at Adas Israel. While in Washington, he created the largest synagogue singles program in America and is responsible for over 100 marriages. Stephen Listfield was a full-time congregational rabbi for 40 years. Since his retirement in 2014, he has been officiating as part-time rabbi of Congregation Etz Chayim in Huntsville, AL. He was also Interim Rabbi at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta during Rabbi Neil Sandler’s sabbatical in 2016.