Leonid Feldman ^People

The spiritual leader of Temple Beth El since 2005, he is an Associate of The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL), a Senior RabbinicFellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and the President of the Ami-Da Institute for training Russian Jewish leaders. Rabbi Feldman is the first and onlySoviet-born Conservative rabbi ni America. Rabbi Feldman has been a visiting profes- sor at the Jewish University of Moscow and the Jewish Theological Seminary in NewYork. He has served as a scholar for the Wener Heritage Foundation and as Director of Education for Soviet Emigrés in Italy. He has lectured in 37 states and 19 countries. Rabbi Feldman has testified before the United States Congress and Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and addressed the California Senate and Florida House of Representatives. In 2000, he delivered the keynote address to over 3,000 peo- ple at the UJC Young Leadership Conference in Washington, DC. In 2002, he was the keynote speaker at theEvangelical Christian Convention in Nairobi, Kenya.He has been the subject of feature articles in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Jerusalem Post, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, Insight Magazine, Moment and many other general and Jewish publications. Rabbi Feldman holds gra- duate degrees in rabbinic studies from the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, in Education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, etc.