Author: rabbieger

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 immediate Past President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Rabbi Eger is the Immediate Past President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the international Rabbinic organization of Reform Judaism. 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.

September 11, 2019

Gender and Religious Leadership

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I am thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of a book I co-edited: Gender and Religious Leadership: Women Rabbis, Pastors and Ministers. It is to be published next month by Lexington Books which is an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield. It is an in-depth look at the impact of women’s leadership on religion and religious…Read more »

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

A Teach In Before the Women’s March

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Sunday night I had the privilege of being part of the ZIONESS sponsored Teach- In before the upcoming Women’s March. As you may be aware the Women’s March has been roiled in Antisemitism. Well the truth is some of the leader’s of the DC March have been on record with Anti-Semitic speech and supporting virulent…Read more »

October 29, 2018

A Time of Remembrance, Healing and Consolation

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We are all still reeling from the events in Pittsburgh which murdered eleven members of the Jewish People and harmed many more including four police officers. Join Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Chaiken for 45 minutes on Tuesday evening October 30 at 6:45-7:30 pm at Congregation Kol Ami 1200 N. La Brea Ave, West Hollywood for…Read more »

October 20, 2018

Hate Crimes in Los Angeles County

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I shouldn’t be shocked by this time. But the Los Angeles County statistics on Hate Crimes came out this week. In the category of religious hate crimes. The overwhelming number of them are against Jews. Antisemitism is alive and well in the City of Angels. According to the latest information from the Los Angeles County…Read more »

October 5, 2018

Rabbiner Regina Jonas

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This Shabbat–Shabbat Bereshit, is the yarzeit, (the anniversary of the death) of the first ordained woman rabbi, Regina Jonas. She died in Auschwitz at the hands of the Nazis. Born in Berlin in 1902, Jonas died in October of 1944 after being deported from Terezin Concentration Camp to Auschwitz Death Camp. Jonas was ordained…Read more »

October 3, 2018

After the Holy Days

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It has been a long Jewish month. The Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shimini-Azeret, Simchat Torah and Hoshanah Rabbah are now behind us for 5779. The intensity of the Jewish Holy Day Season is a marathon of the soul and sometimes the body too. For those of us who are clergy,…Read more »

June 28, 2018