Meet Our Rabbi and Staff
Meet Our Rabbi & Staff
Rabbi Toba Spitzer
Senior Rabbi
t.spitzer@dorsheitzedek.org
Rabbi Toba Spitzer has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek since graduating from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1997. Rabbi Spitzer has long been active in peace and justice work both in the U.S. and in Israel/Palestine. She has served on the Board of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and as President of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis. She brings her love of music and her guitar-playing to CDT services, and her passion for teachings to adults and children both at CDT and throughout the greater Boston area.
You can find more information about Rabbi Toba and links to her writings here.
Rabbi Toba is available to talk about any spiritual, religious, or personal issues that you might want to discuss. To schedule an appointment, please contact Rabbi Toba (confidentially) at t.spitzer@dorsheitzedek.org. Rabbi Toba does not check email on Shabbat (Friday evening through Saturday evening) or on Mondays (her day off). For congregants experiencing financial difficulties, help is available through the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund. This fund is completely confidential. For pastoral support while Rabbi Toba is away, please contact chesed@dorsheitzedek.org to get in touch with “on call” rabbis.
Margaret Farmer
Executive Director of Operations
m.farmer@dorsheitzedek.org
Margaret Farmer (she/her/hers) joined the Congregation Dorshei Tzedek team in February 2022 after several years in non-profit management and fundraising. She will add more to this space as soon as she can.
Earnest Arky Solomon
Education Director
e.arkysolomon@dorsheitzedek.org
Earnest Arky Solomon (he/him/his) is honored to be the Education Director and is eager to support CDT in creating inclusive, meaningful, and justice oriented Jewish learning opportunities. In addition to working at CDT, Earnest is a SVARA Teaching Kollel fellow, which equips trans and queer teachers to lead empowering Talmud learning communities. Earnest received an M.A. in Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union and a B.A. in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. Earnest draws on his education to create learning experiences rooted in history, storytelling, cultural arts, and social justice. Prior to moving East, Earnest ran an outdoor Jewish religious school in the Oakland Redwoods and a Jewish farming program at URJ Camp Newman. Earnest is married to Emma Arky Solomon and they enjoy playing board games, studying Torah, spending time with their two cats, and working to build a more equitable world.
Rahab Hiram Webbe (they/הוּא)
Administrative Assistant
rh.webbe@dorsheitzedek.org
Rahab Hiram treasures being a part of the Dorshei Tzedek family as the Administrative Assistant. They love to experiment with ways of fusing their Greek Sephardic background with Reconstructionist minhag, and they have recently become more involved with contributing to Jewish ritual life. In addition to their work at CDT, they are currently persuing the completion of their BA in Jewish & Hebrew Studies online at the University of Wisconsin. Rahab Hiram currently lives in Boston with their wife, Rakiyah (who also happens to be an educator at the CDT Religious School!), and their little family of two cats, three rats, and a beloved tarantula named Buttercup. In their free time, they enjoy playing the piano, studying spiders, and watching horror movies.
Jess Green
Inclusion Director
j.green@dorsheitzedek.org
Jess Green (she/her/hers) is thrilled to be joining Congregation Dorshei Tzedek as the Inclusion Director. She will also be teaching first graders in her eighth year at Temple Beth Shalom and leading the Family Learning Circle at Nehar Shalom for the second year. Jess earned her Master's degree on Jewish education with a focus on special education from Hebrew College. She has a strong focus on Jewish spaces that are inclusive for her and believes that everyone can and should learn and live Jewishly and in community. Jess loves to teach about social justice, Jewish food, holidays, and ways to make ritual our own. Originally from New Jersey, Jess has lived in Boston for 16 years and is a member of several different local Jewish communities. She loves to cook for her chosen families, hang out with the kiddos in her life, and be at the beach.
Tue, February 18 2025
20 Shevat 5785
Zmanim
Alot Hashachar | 5:14am |
Earliest Tallit | 5:46am |
Netz (Sunrise) | 6:38am |
Latest Shema | 9:18am |
Zman Tefillah | 10:12am |
Chatzot (Midday) | 11:59am |
Mincha Gedola | 12:26pm |
Mincha Ketana | 3:07pm |
Plag HaMincha | 4:14pm |
Shkiah (Sunset) | 5:21pm |
Tzeit Hakochavim | 6:03pm |
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