Rabbi Josh Berkenwald joined Congregation Sinai in San Jose,
California, in July 2007 after graduating from the Jewish Theological Seminary
of America in New York City. He
earned a BA from the University of Virginia, which included a year of study in
Jerusalem. Rabbi Berkenwald was
born in Atlanta, Georgia, grew up in Mercer Island, Washington, and has also
lived in Vancouver, Canada. Rabbi Berkenwald spent time during Rabbinical
School as a Rabbinic Fellow at Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale,
a student Rabbi in several Jewish communities, a Chaplain Intern for hospitals
and nursing homes, and a participant in an American Jewish World Service
mission to El Salvador. He also
underwent Chaplaincy training in the US Navy.
Rabbi Berkenwald lives in San Jose with his wife Dana, and children Noa and Solly. He is proud to be the spiritual leader of a diverse congregation that embraces people of all ages and backgrounds who seek meaningful ways to be Jewish.
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