Rabbi Ben Goldstein the founder of New Era Spirituality. He served as the Interim Rabbi for both Temple Beth Shalom in Long Beach and Congregation B’nai Israel in Tustin CA. Before that he was the Senior Rabbi of Beit T’Shuvah, a Jewish recovery center in LA. He has also worked...

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks has been serving Congregation Am HaYam from January, 2012 through Jun3 2024. He stepped in after the death of beloved Rabbi Gerald Hanig, Am HaYam’s founding rabbi. Rabbi Sacks has re-energized our community with new ideas, new programs, and new music. Rabbi Sacks also serves as...

I was born and raised in Massachusetts in a mainly working class Orthodox Jewish suburb of Boston in an apartment three levels above a butcher, next to a fish monger who sold herring from a barrel. We lived in both Dorchester and Roxbury during my childhood. My mother lit candles...