Rabbi Jasha Levenson

After many years as a volunteer service leader, Hebrew school teacher, wedding, funeral, and life cycle officiant, Jasha was ordained as a rabbi by the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute (JSLI) on June 20, 2020. Jasha leads High Holiday services and Saturday Shabbat Services at Sha’are Shalom on the second Saturday each month.

Jasha is a full-time web developer and federal contractor and also acts as CEO and managing partner of Hullo Pillow, an all natural pillow company.

When he’s not working or volunteering, Jasha enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and making music in his home studio.

Jasha’s goal is to enlighten others to the wonders of nature that surround us, to embrace our traditions with respect to those who observe other traditions, and learn to raise each other up as a global community while working within our own community.

Rabbi Gail Fisher

Gail was a CPA who specialized in taxes and business advising. Upon retirement, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by attending rabbinic school at the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute and being ordained by them in June 2018. She finds dealing with human concerns and spiritual matters vastly more fulfilling than putting little numbers into little boxes.
When she is not leading services and other programming at Congregation Sha’are Shalom, she might be volunteering at a retirement community or teaching classes on various Jewish topics. And most of the spare moments in between these activities are filled with studying–taking classes or reading on her own. This is not how she envisioned retirement, but she is thriving on doing what she believes in so profoundly.
Gail is the proud mother of two children (both attorneys) and grandmother of five exceptionally beautiful and brilliant children. Her pleasures include needlework, music, and being out in nature.

Rabbi Arnold Saltzman was the Rabbi of Sha’are Shalom from 2011-2017. In recognition of his years of service and the special relationship he built with the congregation, he was named Rabbi Emeritus of Sha’are Shalom in August 2017.

Read complete bio at www.rabbiarnoldsaltzman.com/bio