1325 N Grand Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003, US
Rabbi "Birdie" Becker/Cantor, Emerita
Rabbi Birdie Becker, who retired in 2019 from services to Temple Emanuel was ordained at the Academy for Jewish Religion-CA. She holds Master degrees in Rabbinic Studies, Education and Social Work and a Doctorate in Education. A Jewish educator and performer for over 40 years, she works with numerous congregations throughout Colorado and served as president of the Rocky Mountain Cantors Association for 12 years. Innovator of teaching techniques, she is the author of Conversations at the Well: Where Modern Life and Ancient Stories Meet.
Storahteller, choreographer, and cellist for the violin-cello duo “Apples and Honey”, she is a composer and performer of folk and liturgical music. A dance teacher for 18 years, she danced with the Shelhevet Performance Troupe of Cleveland, the Denver Shibolem Israeli Folk Dance Ensemble, and has choreographed for and performed with musical theaters throughout the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Regions.
As a medical social worker, certified in Genetics and Infertility, Becker spent eleven plus years in reproductive health, serving as Director of an outpatient medical-surgical clinic and on the executive board of the CO Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Experienced in hospice and psychiatric social work, she also served as Ohio State Consultant for Volunteer Services.
Committed to the Jewish community, she was honored by Denver B’nai B’rith for 12 years of administrative service and continues to work as the Administrator for B’nai B’rith Colorado. She also serves on the Rocky Mountain Rabbinical Council VAAD and as Rabbi for Shalom Park. Retired after twenty years of commuting to Pueblo, Becker continues to serve Temple Emanuel-Pueblo as Rabbi Emerita.
Rabbi/Cantor Birdie Becker
Centennial/Pueblo CO 720-849-5270
https://www.facebook.com/RabbiBirdieBecker
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsAzEcFLbAwhs63M57b1SnA
Temple Emanuel-Pueblo, Rabbi/Cantor Emerita, M.S.W., M.Ed., M.R.S., Ph.D. www.TempleEmanuelPueblo.net
Shalom Park, Rabbi, https://shalompark.org
Life Cycle Officiant, https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/rabbi-birdie-becker-englewood/d32f58f32e253da3.html
B'nai B'rith Colorado, Admin., https://bnaibrithcolorado.org
APPLES AND HONEY, violin-cello duo. HEAR US at
http://www.wix.com/apples_and_honey/apples_and_honey#!
Conversations at the Well: Where Modern Life and Ancient Stories Meet:
available on KINDLE at: AMAZON/ paperback at www.rabbibirdiebecker.com
Rabbi Jeffery Feinstein
Rabbi Jeffery Feinstein
I was born and raised in California and attended Temple Israel, a Reform Congregation in Stockton. I attended the United States Army Chaplain’s School at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY and served my country in Vietnam in the Chaplain’s Corps between 1967 and 1969.
Following my military service, I earned both Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Communication, with a minor in Psychology, from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
After a long career in the corporate world, I retired and chose to attend the Rabbinical Seminary International in New York to fulfill my life-long dream of joining with rabbis around the world. Following my period of study, I was granted S’micha.
As a Modern Rabbi, my desire is to reawaken Jewish souls that have become dormant and to encourage Jews of all branches to retain their identities in this era of assimilation. I encourage all Jews to remember they are the People of the Book and pursue meaningful study of our ancient and modern writings. My aim is also to counsel those who may be disillusioned, skeptical or foundering.
Among those of different belief systems, I wish to open dialogues to create environments of understanding and acceptance.
It is from ignorance that fear and hatred spring and flourish. If we create understanding, then love and tolerance can blossom.
--Rabbi Jeffery Feinstein