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Rabbi Sheila B. Goloboy
Rabbi Sheila Goloboy joined the Port Jewish Center community in 2007. She brings with her an enthusiasm for creating meaningful Jewish experiences and building a spiritually welcoming community.
Prior to her arrival at Port Jewish Center, Rabbi Goloboy served congregations in San Diego, California, and Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho. She is a corresponding member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) Responsa Committee and has presented papers in such diverse areas as sexual ethics, the Jewish imperative of Social Justice, and the engagement of marginalized teens in Jewish communal life.
Rabbi Goloboy is enjoying her return to her Northeast roots. In addition to relishing in all four seasons outdoors, our rabbi relaxes by sinking into a good book or movie, spending time with friends, volunteering in the community, or partaking in a competitive game of Scrabble. As one might expect of a native Bostonian, she is a loyal Red Sox fan but respectful of other points of view.
Rabbi Goloboy earned her Bachelor of Science, with honors, from Tufts University. She received her M.A. in Hebrew Letters in 1996 and was ordained as a rabbi from the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1997. Her rabbinical thesis was a study of the professionalization of the rabbinate, written in the field of rabbinic codes. Following ordination, the Rabbi completed a year-long residency in chaplaincy at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, concentrating in family counseling, critical care areas, and adolescent psychiatry.
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Student Cantor Rayna Dushman
Port Jewish Center is excited to welcome Rayna Dushman to our congregation for the 2011-2012 program year.
A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Rayna grew up attending Congregation Beth Sholom and spent her summers at URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) Camp Swig. While in college she directed Camp Sholom and songled at Hillel Campus services. Rayna went on to songlead at the URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, California and was the inaugural Head Songleader at URJ Camp Kalsman. A graduate of the University of Oregon with a BA in Family and Human Services, Rayna joined the staff of Temple Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon in 2003. For seven years she served as preschool teacher, senior and junior youth group advisor, and Song Leader for the Sunday School, Tot Shabbat services and a member of Beth Israel’s house band, Def Schlepper. Last year Rayna spent the year in Jerusalem studying at Hebrew Union College’s School of Sacred Music and is now continuing her studies on the College’s New York campus.