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Rabbi Denise L. Eger is is the founding spiritual leader at Congregation Kol Ami. Rabbi Eger holds a B.A. in Religion from the University of Southern California. She received her Masters Degree from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion and was ordained at the New York campus in 1988. She received her Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew Union College in 2013. She has worked in congregations with people of all ages, families and individuals. She is the editor of the groundbreaking book, Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells A Celebration of LGBTQ Jewish Life and Ritual and Gender & Religious Leadership: Women Rabbis, Pastors and Ministers. She is a Past President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. She is the founder and principle of ReZilience Strategies. A Consulting and Coaching organization specializing is clergy and nonprofit executives. Following extensive coaching studies and certifications with Coaching4Clergy and Coaching4Leadership Rabbi Eger has been working with clients to help them achieve their goals. Rabbi Eger is a noted author. Her groundbreaking new book Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells A Celebration of LGBTQ Jewish Life and Ritual (CCARPRESS, 2020) has recently been published to 5 star reviews. In November of 2019 Rabbi Eger's first book was published Gender and Religious Leadership Women Rabbis Pastors and Minsters by Rowman & Littlefield Press. She is a Sr. Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute. She has served on numerous Rabbinic boards and organizations. Rabbi Eger has published extensively on human sexuality, interfaith dialogue and human rights and has appeared on television and radio as an expert in these areas. An accomplished educator, and a dedicated spiritual and community leader, Rabbi Eger has been at the forefront of building new and more accessible Jewish communities. Rabbi Eger previously served as the president of the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis and was the first female president of the Southern California Board of Rabbis.

Shavuot Reflections

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Tonight we kindle the Festival candles for Shavuot.  The last of the three major festivals for 5770.  We will celebrate the first harvest, the bikkurim and dedicate them to God.  We will celebrate the giving of Torah at Mt. Sinai and receive the Divine Revelation and there in the wilderness become a People.  On Shavuot…Read more »

A New Crop

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Today is Ordination Sunday for the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.  A new crop of rabbis will be ordained.  After five long years of study (and some of them six because they got another degree in Jewish Education) the newest generation of rabbis will enter into the “business” of the…Read more »

Who’s on Your Family Tree

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My cousin David is ours.  He is our family genealogist! He has traced the Eger family way back to Romania! Who is your family genealogist?  Are you interested in learning or becoming your family history keeper and discoverer?  Or perhaps you already are!  Whether one is a beginning, intermediate or advanced family history researcher –this…Read more »

Kagan nominated to SC

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President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court to fill the seat of Justice Stevens.  Kagan is presently the Solicitor General of the United States. She has had a distinguished career as the former Dean of Harvard Law and a professor at the University of Chicago.   She also served during the Clinton administration as…Read more »