There’s something else that has been very important and meaningful to me, and I can honestly say that I have been aware of this since I was nine years old. I believe that ritual and tradition play a very important part in our lives. Some people really resonate with the traditions and rituals of their ancestors; they find deep meaning in carrying on the traditions that have been passed down to them through the generations and they see themselves as bridges between the past and the future. Other folks love creating new traditions and rituals that mark the significant moments in their lives now, and these new creations mirror the depths of what they feel deeply in their own psyche/soul/interior landscape. Whether it’s the traditions of your past, or new traditions arising from the depths of who you are, I am really honored and excited to support you “leaning in” to that space, and it is my joy to help you manifest these deep aspects of yourselves in the moments that are most important to you throughout your life.

A Bit More About Me:

I graduated from California State University, Northridge in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. While at CSUN, I was concurrently enrolled at the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing in Santa Monica, and I graduated there as a Certified Massage Therapist. I worked for fourteen years in the fields of massage and related integrative body therapies, with chiropractors, physical therapists, psychotherapists, and psychologists, as well as maintaining my own private practice. I also taught massage for many years at the Healing Arts Institute in Van Nuys, CA. I love teaching!!!

In 2010, I enrolled in the Academy for Jewish Religion, CA, with the intention of pursuing a Cantorial Ordination. At that time, I had already been working as a Cantorial Soloist in various synagogues in Los Angeles. For 6 years, I was the Cantorial Soloist for Congregation Makom Ohr Shalom, in Encino, CA, and among my duties there, I co-officiated High Holyday services with Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi, z”l. He encouraged me to pursue training and ordination in Chaplaincy, and in 2017, I graduated from AJRCA with a Masters in Jewish Studies and a Certification in Jewish Chaplaincy. I have worked at Cedars Sinai hospital in the Spiritual Care Department under the leadership of Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, BCC, and at Skirball Hospice and Palliative Care, under the auspices of the Los Angeles Jewish Home.

For the past 22 years, I have tutored B’nei Mitzvah students for their Bar/Bat/B-Mitzvah ceremonies, and I have officiated services for non-synagogue-affliated families. I have conducted wedding ceremonies for diverse couples: Jewish, spiritual-but-not-religious, interfaith, agnostic, and atheist. I have officiated hundreds of funeral services, and I have accompanied many people at the end of life, supporting them and their loved ones. And, I have guided new parents in creating meaningful, deeply loving baby naming ceremonies for the newest members of their families.  

It is my deepest honor to serve and support you in collaboratively creating and officiating meaningful, life-enriching and soul-affirming Life Cycle Moments, be they Weddings, Baby Naming’s, Bar/Bat/B-Mitzvahs, Funerals, or Private In-Home Jewish Holiday Celebrations.