Rabbi
Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot
Irvine, California, United States
Rabbi Richard Steinberg is the dynamic and transformative leader of Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot, since 2001. At that time, the congregation consisted of less than 300 member families. Today, it is a thriving Congregation of over 650 families with Orange County’s largest Religious School. He works diligently at providing a warm, caring, and educational environment for people to grow in all ways.
Born and raised in Northern California, Rabbi Steinberg has a varied and accomplished past. Graduating from the CA State University system with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and minor in Sociology. After working for a police department for a year, he decided to focus on a different kind of law – the law of the soul. As a graduate of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he became the assistant rabbi at the historic congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Isaac M. Wise Temple – the place where Reform Judaism was founded.
He holds an MAHL; A Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters - and – Ordination as a Rabbi – and – an MFT; Master of Arts in Marital Family Therapy and is a licensed psychotherapist. He is married to Abby Rozenberg and together they have five adult children.
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Sunday, October 15, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST
