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Posted By richards on March 4, 2017

Flagstaffs Reform Synagogue, Congregation Lev Shalom, recently installed Rabbi Mindie Jo Snyder.

We are thrilled that Rabbi Snyder has joined Congregation Lev Shalom as our spiritual leader, says David Miggins, the congregational president. This is the first time that our congregation will have a resident rabbi, and Rabbi Snyder will be the first woman rabbi to live in Flagstaff.

Snyder completed her rabbinical studies at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, with additional inter-religious specialization at Bayan Claremont and Claremont School of Theology. Her Ph.D. dissertation is in progress at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She also holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,Penn., and Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass.

Snyder brings more than 30 years of experience in arts, health and human services, and is an award-winning artist, designer, therapist and community organizer.

Since coming to Flagstaff, she helped found Coconino United Religious Leaders Association, an interfaith clergy group, and has organized workshops about LGBT inclusion as well as Islam in the US. She is a member of the Phoenix Board of Rabbis and an on-call Jewish Chaplain at Flagstaff Medical Center.

Congregation Lev Shalom holds twice-monthly services, provides religious school instruction for the young, preparation for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, adult education programs, support with life-cycle events, holiday observance, social gatherings and a Jewish cemetery.

For more information about Congregation Lev Shalom, visit http://www.heichalbaoranim.org.

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Flagstaff reform synagogue installs new rabbi - Arizona Daily Sun

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