Rabbi Ben Zeidman
Rabbi Ben Zeidman and his family came to Temple Mount Sinai in 2015. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio before earning a B.A. in International Relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University, and a specialization in Jewish Studies. He went on to study at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati, Ohio. He served student pulpits in Illinois, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. He also worked as a rabbinic intern at historic Wise Temple in Cincinnati. He was ordained in 2010 and then served as assistant and associate rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in New York City for five years.
His ongoing learning included participating in the Brickner Fellowship, a program for rabbis focused on Social Justice work led in collaboration with the Religious Action Center (RAC) and the National Jewish Center for Leadership and Learning (CLAL). He was the Developmental Editor of The New Union Haggadah, Revised Edition (2014), and a contributing author for Lights in the Forest: Rabbis Respond to Twelve Essential Jewish Questions (2014). He served on the Central Conference of American Rabbi’s (CCAR) Editorial Committee for L’khol Zman v’Eit for Sacred Moments: The CCAR Life-Cycle Guide (2015) and was a contributing author to A Life of Meaning: Embracing Reform Judaism’s Sacred Path (2017). He is also proud to serve on the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center’s Board of Trustees, on the Board of Trustees for Roots of Reform Judaism, on the Leadership Council for the Interfaith Alliance of the Southwest, and more.
