Temple Israel - Clergy

Temple Israel Clergy:

Rabbi Misha Zinkow has been Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Columbus, Ohio since July, 2004. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Occidental College in 1978, a Master’s in Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Los Angeles campus, and Rabbinic Ordination from its New York campus in 1985.

Rabbi Zinkow has served as a URJ Camp Director (Swig, 1984-1992), a pulpit rabbi in San Francisco, California (Congregation Emanu-El) and St. Paul, Minnesota (Mt. Zion Hebrew Congregation) (1992-2000), and a Hillel rabbi (The Ohio State University, 2001-2004). During his rabbinate, his expertises have been in the areas of worship renewal, lifelong learning, social justice and synagogue transformation.

Rabbi Zinkow is married to Rabbi Elka Abrahamson, and they have four children.

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