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Brit
Shalom celebrants |
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(Now
234 celebrants -
153 rabbis, 15 cantors, 66 lay leaders
- 179 of
them listed here, the other 55 available on request.)
Not all the celebrants listed are opposed to Brit Milah.
However,
they are all committed to providing service to families unwilling to
circumcise their sons, by officiating at Brit Shalom ceremonies. If
desired, celebrants can aid parents in devising their own ceremony.
There are other celebrants who do not wish their contact information
listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information, or if you wish to be
added to the list. More celebrants are always welcome.
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Australia,
Brazil, Caribbean, Canada,
Europe (France,Germany,
Hungary),
Israel, Mexico, United
Kingdom, Ireland, other
UNITED STATES
States (alphabetical)
ALABAMA
Rabbi Steven Lebow
(Based in GA)
404-790-8612 (cell)
rabbilebow@gmail.com
http://www.atljewishandinterfaithweddings.com
ARIZONA
Rabbi
Jack Silver
1506 East Candlestick Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85283
(602) 751-9044
humanjew@yahoo.com
www.humanjew.com
There are other celebrants in Arizona who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
CALIFORNIA
NO CAL
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-6932
rabbicamilleangel@gmail.com
Rev. Dr. Illana Berger
Oakland Hills, CA
(510) 759-8758
sistertree@illanaberger.com
www.livingthesacred.com
Lissin Lev Chaya, Celebrant
Pacifica
(650) 455-8438
Celebrant@lissinsong.com
www.LissinSong.com
Lissin will travel throughout the greater Bay Area.
Rabbi Mychal Copeland (pronouns:
she/hers)
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav
290 Dolores St
San Francisco, CA
shaarzahav.org
Also based in S.Peninsula and travels all over the Bay Area
Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant
332 O'Connor St
Menlo Park CA 94025
(650) 326-5330
yeshaia@sbcglobal.net
Retired, but will refer inquirers to other
colleagues
Rabbinic Chaplain Judith Goleman
Santa Rosa, California
(707) 328-9915
golemanjudith@aol.com
Irwin Keller, Spiritual Leader
Congregation Ner Shalom (Reconstructionist)
Cotati, CA (Central Sonoma County)
(707) 664-8622
rebirwinkeller@gmail.com
irwinkeller.com
Rabbi Jerry Levy
12 Salt Landing
Tiburon CA 94920
H: (415) 388-8832
C: (415) 272-1607
rabbijerry@sbcglobal.net
rabbijerry.com
Rabbi Alyjah Navy
Ayn Sof Kabbalah Community
San Francisco Bay Area
(415) 932-8100
rabbi.navy@yahoo.com
www.alyjah.com
Mark David Reiss, M.D.Position statement
773 Duncan Street
San Francisco CA 94131
(415) 647-2687
mdreissmd@gmail.com
Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller
Congregation Sherith Israel
San Francisco, CA
(415) 346-1720
rabbijst@sherithisrael.org
Zoë Segal
5610 Scotts Valley Dr.
Suite B #335
Scotts Valley, CA. 95066
(415) 299-0938
email:203segal@gmail.com
Rabbi and Cantor Judith Seid
1817 Sinclair Drive
Pleasanton CA 94588
(925) 485-1049
judithseid@gmail.com
Rabbi/Cantor Sara Shendelman
Berkeley, CA
San Francisco Bay Area / Napa / Sonoma and happy to travel wherever
needed
(510) 644-2956
(510) 717-1808
songbirds22@gmail.com
songbirds22.wixsite.com/rabbisara
Rabbi Shifrah Tobacman
5929 Vallejo St
Emeryville CA 94608
510-915-1040
shifraht@aol.com
Rabbi Sarah Weissman
Congregation Beth Am
26790 Arastradero Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
(650) 493-4661
rabbi_weissman@betham.org
Rachel Yellin,
Childbirth Educator,
Counsellor, Hypnotherapist, Yoga
San Francisco and Marin County
(415) 383-8419
rachel@rachelyellin.com
www.rachelyellin.com
SO CAL
Rabbi Susan Conforti,
Board Certified
Chaplain
Lead Chaplain & Supervisory Education Student
Pastoral Care Department
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
307 Placentia #103,
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 764-8358, fax (949) 764-8320
susan.conforti@hoag.org
www.hoag.org
Rabbi Avivah W. Erlick
Board Certified Chaplain
President, Community Rabbis
Los Angeles, CA
AWE@CommunityRabbis.com
www.CommunityRabbis.com
www.RabbiAvivah.com
Cantor Jonathan L. Friedmann,
Ph.D.
Adat Chaverim - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
P.O. Box 261204
Encino, CA 91426-1204
(562) 405-4176
mrfriedmann2000@yahoo.com
jonathanfriedmann.com
humanisticjudaismla.org
Eric A. Gordon,
PhD, Secular Jewish
vegvayzer/madrikh/Leader
9514 National Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034-2820
(310) 839-9915
ericarthurgo@gmail.com
Rosalie Gottfried, Madrikha
29382 Buckhaven
Laguna Niguel CA 92677
(949) 249-3755 or (949) 770-6662
rosart1@aol.com
www.jewishceremonies.com
Hershl Hartman,
Secular Jewish vegvayzer/madrikh/Leader
Education Director, The Sholem Community and Educational Institute
3142 S. Bentley Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90034
(310) 473-4323
hershl@earthlink.net
www.sholem.org
Chaplain Stephen Macht
248 S. Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, Ca. 90212
(310) 277-9644
curlenjik@gmail.com
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben,
Ph.D
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation
16019 Sunset Blvd
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
(310) 459-2328
310 780 5700 (cell)
rabbireuben@ourki.org
www.Rebreuben.com
www.interfaithrabbi.com
www.becomingjewishbook.com
www.kehillatisrael.org
Rabbi Larry (Lawrence P.)
Seidman,
Ph.D.
Community Rabbi
Irvine, CA 92603
(714) 248 5771
Rabbi@RationalRabbi.com
www.RationalRabbi.com
Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon
1108 South Corning St. #4
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(312) 925-9819
eliungar@mac.com
www.cutthefilm.com
Beverly Zarnow, Madrikha
Kahal Am - The Humanistic Jewish Community of San Diego
P.O. Box 927751
San Diego, CA 92192
(858) 549-3088
madrikhabeverly@kahalam.org
www.kahalam.org
There are other celebrants in
California who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
COLORADO
Michelle Davis, Madrikha/Professional
Leader
Beth Ami - Colorado Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
Highlands Ranch/Denver area
720-284-2231 (cell)
madrikhadavis@gmail.com
www.bethami.com/LeadersLifecycle.html
Rabbi Brian Field
Judaism Your Way
950 South Cherry Street #310
Glendale, CO 80246
(303) 248-7795
brian@judaismyourway.org
www.judaismyourway.org
Facebook: <www.facebook.com/JudaismYourWayPage
Rabbi Kim Harris
Denver, CO
(847) 778-9982
rabbiharris18@gmail.com
Sheila Malcolm, Madrikha
Professional Leader
Beth Ami - Colorado Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
Boulder/Denver, CO
(303) 499-5933 H
303-588-0236 C
sheila@bethami.com
www.bethami.com/LeadersLifecycle.html
Laurie "Lo" Maret,
Certified Birth
Doula, Certified Lactation Counselor
Glenwood Springs, CO
(970) 216-8628
dalaimama34@aol.com
Rabbi Adam Morris
("Rabbi Mo")
Temple Micah
5209 Montview Blvd
Denver, CO 80207
(303) 388-4239
rabbimo@micahdenver.org
Danya and Eyal Rivlin
Boulder, CO
(303) 229-8800
danyahome@msn.com
There are other celebrants in Colorado
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
CONNECTICUT
I. Rayzl Feuer
Mashpiah Ruchanit, Rev.
Spiritual leader/teacher/counselor
5 Halls Point Road
Branford, CT 06405
(203) 315-0269
rayzlrich@sbcglobal.net
Rabbi Andrea Frank,
Ordained Reform
Rabbi
All Naming Ceremonies for All New Parents
Serving the Tri-State Area, 30 mile radius
Toll-free 1-888-214-3821
Rabbi Irving Luchans
Pan-denominational rabbi
16 Sandra Drive
Framingham, MA 01701 - will travel to Upstate New York and throughout
New England
(508) 877-1234
rabbi.irving@yahoo.com
or rabbi@faithtofaithweddings.com
Rabbi Eli Mallon,
M.Ed., LMSW
based in New City, NY
Covering the Tri-State area
rebem34@aol.com
www.rabbielimallon.wordpress.com
Rabbi Mark Newton
Boston, MA
(617) 520-8002
rabbimarknewton@yahoo.com
www.irishrabbi.com
Rabbi Roger Ross
Pan-Denominational Rabbi
Based in NY- See NYC and environs
(212) 864-0261
(917) 930-1181
rabbirogerross@gmail.com
www.rabbiross.com
DELAWARE
Rabbi Shimon Berris
(based in NJ)
(856) 779-0017
interclerg@aol.com
DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
Rabbi Joseph
Berman
New Synagogue Project
Pronouns: he/him or they/them
(913) 787-1573
rabbi@newsynagogueproject.org
www.newsynagogueproject.org
Cantor Emily Blank
free lance life-style officiant
Cantor Blank serves the MD and VA suburbs of Washington, DC
240-305-8262
emilyblank@gmail.com
(preferred)
Rabbi Jeremy Kridel
8353 Montgomery Run Road, Apt A
Ellicot City, MD 20143
(301) 708-9675
jkridel@gmail.com
www.machar.org
Rabbi Esther Lederman
Temple Micah
2829 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 342-9175
rabbilederman@templemicah.org
Rabbi Rain Zohav
Covering Maryland, North Virginia and District of Columbia
rainzohav@gmail.com
rabbirain.com
FLORIDA
Rabbi Sol Agin
Ft. Myers, FL
(239) 560-5582
arlinesol@comcast.net
Cantor Risa Askin
Hebrew, Judaic Studies, Music Director and Educator
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Instruction
All Life Cycle Events
South Florida
(954) 562-4662
cantor_risa@yahoo.com
www.cantorrisa.com
Rabbi
Melinda Bracha Bernstein
Tamarac, FL
(954) 901-1355
melinda@melindabernstein.com
Rabbi Steven Blane
South Florida: Miami to Boca Raton
(917) 407-0477
sblane1107@gmail.com
Website: www.Officiant.org
Havurah: www.SimShalom.com
Cantor Lee Degani
& Rabbi
David Degani
Congregation Shirat Shalom
Boca Raton, FL
(561) 488-8079
dnlrabbinical@aol.com
www.shiratshalom.org
Rabbi Mitch Feld,
M.S.W.
11060 NW 24th Street
Coral Springs, Florida 33065
(954) 755-3764 Office
954-629-9281 (cell)
mitch@rabbimitch.com
www.rabbimitch.com
http://www.addictioncounselingwithrabbimitch.com/
Cantor Jessica Turnoff Ferrari
Temple Beth Am
Jupiter, FL
(561) 445-8913
jtferrari@gmail.com
www.cantorjessica.com
Rabbi Brenner Glickman
Temple Emanu-El
Sarasota
(941) 371-2788
bglickman@sarasotatemple.org
Joy Katzen-Guthrie
2487 Indian Trl E
Palm Harbor, FL 34683-2806
(727) 785-4568
joyfulnoise@earthlink.net
joyfulnoise.net
Betty Pelletz, Madrikha
3427 Winding Oaks Drive
Longboat Key FL 34228
(941) 383-1149
Besttwo@aol.com
Rabbi Richard Polirer
Boynton Beach, FL
Serving all of South Florida
(954) 255-6406
rpolirer@aol.com
www.rabbipolirer.com
Rhea Bolasny Seagull, Certified
Leader, International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism
Naples and Boca Raton FL
(973) 325-7247
RheaCBS@aol.com
(preferred means of contact)
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal
Based in Hilton Head Island, SC
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
RabbiASegal@aol.com
www.jewishspiritualrenewal.org
Rabbi
Dr. Nadia Siritsky,
LCSW, BCC
Located in Kentucky but part-time in
St Augustine, FL
ravnadia@aim.com
There are other celebrants in Florida
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
GEORGIA
Rabbi Patrick Aleph Beaulier
Non-Denominational Rabbi
Atlanta, GA
rabbi@rabbipatrick.com
rabbipatrick.com
Rabbi Barry Coffsky
Atlanta, GA
(770) 572-3336
Barry@AtlantaRabbis.com
www.AtlantaRabbis.com
Rabbi Steven Lebow
Senior Rabbi, Temple Kol Emeth (Marietta/Atlanta)
Atlanta, GA
(Will travel to AL, SC, NC and TN)
404-790-8612 (cell)
rabbilebow@gmail.com
http://www.atljewishandinterfaithweddings.com
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal
Based in Hilton Head Island, SC
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
RabbiASegal@aol.com
www.jewishspiritualrenewal.org
Dr. Sharon Shahaf
Georgia State University, Jewish Studies Faculty
Atlanta, GA
(404) 413-5600
sharonsha@gsu.edu
Dr. Shahaf is available for counsel and support but will not be able to
officiate at ceremonies.
There are other celebrants in Georgia
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
IDAHO
Rabbi Dr. Elizabeth Goldstein
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
(858) 229-2210
goldstein@gonzaga.edu
Serves the Jewish Community of the Palouse, including Western Idaho
ILLINOIS
Rabbi Adam Chalom
Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation
Serving the greater Chicago metropolitan area
847 602-4500 (cell)
Rabbi@kolhadash.com
Ruth Duskin Feldman,
Madrikha/Humanistic Jewish
Clergy
935 Fairview Road
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 433-2632
rdfeldman@aol.com
www.ruthduskinfeldman.com/disc.htm
Rabbi Jodi Kornfeld
Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community
1457 Wilmot Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 945-6512
rabbijodi@gmail.com
info@bethchaverim.net
Rabbi-Cantor Nancy Diamond
Landsman
Congregation Ahavat Olam
P.O. Box 1412
Deerfield, IL 60015
847 409-4848 (cell)
Rabbi@AhavatOlamDeerfield.org
www.RabbiNancyLandsman.com
ahavatolamdeerfield.org
Facebook: Congregation Ahavat Olam
Rabbi Brant Rosen
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
303 Dodge Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60202
(847) 328-7678
Rabbi@jrc-evanston.org
www.jrc-evanston.org
There are other celebrants in Illinois
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
INDIANA
Rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky,
LCSW, BCC
Located in Louisville, KY, and serving Southern Indiana
(502) 299-7184
ravnadia@aim.com
Erica Schultz Yakovetz,
Cantorial
Soloist
serving northern Indiana
3210 Harms Road
Merrillville, IN 46410
617 888 2908 (cell)
erica@yakovetz.com
KENTUCKY
Rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky,
LCSW, BCC
Located in and serving the Louisville area
ravnadia@aim.com
MAINE
Rabbi Laurence Aryeh Alpern
(based in Upstate NY)
(518) 893-0808
rabbialpern@aol.com
http://www.rabbialpern.com/celebrations/baby-namings/
Rabbi Irving Luchans
Pan-denominational rabbi
16 Sandra Drive
Framingham, MA 01701 - will travel to Upstate New York and throughout
New England
(508) 877-1234
rabbi.irving@yahoo.com
or rabbi@faithtofaithweddings.com
Rabbi Mark Newton
Boston, MA
(617) 520-8002
rabbimarknewton@yahoo.com
www.irishrabbi.com
MARYLAND (See
also DISTRICT of COLUMBIA)
Rabbi Jeremy Kridel
8353 Montgomery Run Road, Apt A
Ellicot City, MD 20143
(301) 708-9675
jkridel@gmail.com
www.machar.org
Cantor Emily Blank
free lance life-style officiant
Cantor Blank serves the MD and VA suburbs of Washington, DC
240-305-8262
emilyblank@gmail.com
(preferred)
Dr Gabe Goldman
Outdoor Jewish Classroom
PITTSBURGH (will travel into adjacent areas of Maryland, Ohio and West
Virginia)
(412) 856-2734
primskills@yahoo.com
jewishnaturelessons.wordpress.com
www.JewishNatureCenter.org
Karen
Webber,
Cantor
kwebberfab@gmail.com
Rabbi Rain Zohav
Covering Maryland, North Virginia and District of Columbia
rainzohav@gmail.com
rabbirain.com
There are other celebrants in Maryland
who
do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contactMark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
MASSACHUSETTS
Rabbi Greg M. Epstein
Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University
Humanist Chaplaincy Office, The Memorial Church
One Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA 02138
(617) 495-5986
greg_epstein@harvard.edu
http://harvardhumanist.org
Rabbi Judy Epstein,
Ph.D.
Congregation Keshet Yam: Rainbow by the Sea
30 Rayond St
Manchester, MA 01944
(978) 526-1422
RabbiJudyE@aol.com
www.rainbowbythesea.org
www.RabbiJudy.com
Dennis Geller,
Ph.D. Madrikh/Humanistic Jewish
Clergy
10 Vine Street
Melrose MA 02176
(617) 529-9483
dpgeller@humanist-rites.com
www.humanist-rites.com
Ronald Goldman,
Ph.D.
Jewish Circumcision Resource Center
PO Box 232
Boston MA 02133
(617) 523-0088
jcrc@jewishcircumcision.org
www.jewishcircumcision.org
Elaine Kamienny, Madrikha,
Humanistic Jewish Clergy
Retired from officiating at ceremonies, available for consultation only
66D Brian Drive
Stoughton, MA 02072
(781) 341-1810
eskamienny@yahoo.com
Rabbi Irving Luchans
Pan-denominational rabbi
16 Sandra Drive
Framingham, MA 01701 - will travel to Upstate New York and throughout
New England
(508) 877-1234
rabbi.irving@yahoo.com
or rabbi@faithtofaithweddings.com
Rabbi Em Mueller
Boston and environs
(617) 969-2354
em@rabbimueller.com
www.rabbimueller.com
Rabbi Mark Newton
44-A Alban St #3
Boston, MA
(617) 910-6157
rabbimarknewton@irishrabbi.com
www.irishrabbi.com
Rabbi Roger Ross
Pan-Denominational Rabbi
Based in NY- See NYC and environs
(212) 864-0261
(917) 930-1181
rabbirogerross@gmail.com
www.rabbiross.com
Sunny Schwartz,
MSW, Madrikha/Humanistic Jewish
Clergy
94 Forest Hills St #3
Boston MA 02130
(617) 522 3888
sunnyschwartz@yahoo.com
Leslie Keiter Tannenwald,
Rabbi and
Justice of the Peace
6 Clifton Road
Newton, MA 02459
(H) (617) 332-7899
(C) 617 910-6046
rabbiles18@aol.com
Rebecca Taylor CPM,
CD (DONA), Birth
doula, Midwife
Cape Cod Homebirth
serving Cape Cod and Eastern MA
55 Mill Hill Rd
Wellfleet MA 02667
beautifulbirth4u@yahoo.com
Rabbi Brian Walt
Box 810
West Tisbury MA 02575 (Martha's Vineyard)
(508) 560 0589
rabbibrianwalt@gmail.com
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
Congregation Agudas Achim
901 North Main Street
Attleboro MA 02703
(508) 222 2243
rabbi@agudasma.org
www.agudasma.org
There are other celebrants in
Massachusetts who do not
wish their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
MICHIGAN
Norm Cohen
Happy to answer any questions or concerns that
Jewish parents in Michigan may have, but does not officiate at bris
shalom ceremonies
NOCIRC of Michigan
PO Box 333
Birmingham MI 48012
(248) 642-5703
NormCohen@NOCIRCofMI.org
Rabbi Jeffrey Falick
The Birmingham Temple
Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
Farmington Hills, MI
(248) 477-1410
rabbi@birminghamtemple.org
www.TheAtheistRabbi.com
Rabbi Miriam S. Jerris,
Ph.D.
10544 Lincoln Dr.
Huntington Woods MI 48070
(248) 543-7396
info@theweddingconnection.net
http://www.theweddingconnection.net/
Rabbi Tamara Kolton,
Ph.D.
74 W Long Lake Rd, Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
(248) 885-0225
rabbikolton@gmail.com
Janis Levin-Gorelick,
Counselor -
Minister - Madrikha HSOF - LCSHJ
1401 Forest Bay Drive
Waterford MI 48328
(248) 752-0666
jgorelick@secularceremonies.net
http://www.secularceremonies.net/
There are other celebrants in Michigan
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
MINNESOTA
Rabbi
Amy Josefa Ariel
Twin Cities, MN
(651) 285-2872
amyjariel@gmail.com
www.amyjosefaariel.com
Ariella
Forstein, Cantorial Soloist and Ritualist
Twin Cities, MN
(612) 568-6526
www.SongstressAriella.com
There are other celebrants in
Minnesota who
do not wish their
contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
MISSOURI
Rabbi Randy Fleisher
Central
Reform Congregation
5020 Waterman Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 361-3919 x111
randy@centralreform.org
There are other celebrants in Missouri
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
MONTANA
There are celebrants in Montana who do
not wish their
contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
NEVADA
Cantor Jonathan L. Friedmann,
Ph.D.
Bet Knesset Bamidbar - Reform
PO Box 33503
Las Vegas, NV 89133
(562) 405-4176
mrfriedmann2000@yahoo.com
jonathanfriedmann.com
humanisticjudaismla.org
There are other celebrants in Nevada
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rabbi Laurence Aryeh Alpern
(based in Upstate NY)
(518) 893-0808
rabbialpern@aol.com
http://www.rabbialpern.com/celebrations/baby-namings/
Rabbi Irving Luchans
Pan-denominational rabbi
16 Sandra Drive
Framingham, MA 01701 - will travel to Upstate New York and throughout
New England
(508) 877-1234
rabbi.irving@yahoo.com
or rabbi@faithtofaithweddings.com
Rabbi Mark Newton
Boston, MA
(617) 520-8002
rabbimarknewton@yahoo.com
www.irishrabbi.com
Cantor Claire G. Metzger
Bow, N H
(603) 738-2342
cantorcm@aol.com
www.cantormetzger.com
Rabbi Richard Polirer
Summers only. Rabbi Polirer is based in Florida the remainder of the
year.
(954) 255-6406
rpolirer@aol.com
www.rabbipolirer.com
NEW JERSEY
Rabbi Shimon Berris
(856) 779-0017
interclerg@aol.com
Rabbi Andrea Frank,
Ordained Reform
Rabbi
All Naming Ceremonies for All New Parents
Serving the Tri-State Area, 30 mile radius
Toll-free 1-888-214-3821
Chani Getter CPC,
Interfaith Minister - Spiritual Leader
Resides in NJ, office in Hackensack, NJ
Will cover NJ and NY including NYC, and CT
(201) 477-0274
Chani@chanigetter.com
www.chanigetter.com
Rabbi Bill Kurry
100 Little Silver Pkwy
Little Silver, NJ 07739
(Rabbi Kurry will travel to NYC and Philadelphia)
(732) 245-9965
rabbibill@gmail.com
www.nyinterfaithrabbi.com
Rabbi Eli Mallon,
M.Ed., LMSW
based in New City, NY
Covering the Tri-State area
rebem34@aol.com
www.rabbielimallon.wordpress.com
Rabbi Roger Ross
Pan-Denominational Rabbi
Based in NY- See NYC and environs
(212) 864-0261
(917) 930-1181
rabbirogerross@gmail.com
www.rabbiross.com
Rhea Bolasny Seagull,
Certified
Leader, International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism
662 Prospect Avenue
West Orange NJ 07052
(973) 325-7247
RheaCBS@aol.com
(preferred means of contact)
Rabbi Michael Shevack
2310 Byecroft Road
New Hope, PA 18938
(215) 297-5747 home
267-312-5006 (cell)
michaelshevack@comcast.net
www.michaelshevack.com
Rabbi/Cantor Meeka Simerly
Temple Beth Tikvah
Wayne, NJ
(973) 595-6565 #15
408 386 7527 (cell)
rabbimeekatbt@optonline.net
www.templesanjose.org
Rabbi
and Cantor Dennis Tobin
21 Colgate Rd., Maplewood, NJ 07040
(973) 769-3915
rabbidennistobin@aol.com
Rabbi Tobin will travel throughout NJ, and also to NY, PA and CT
There are other celebrants in New
Jersey who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
NEW
MEXICO
Keren Khaya Abrams,
ordained Omanaya
(Jewish ritual artist and
spiritual guide)
Glorieta, NM (Santa Fe area - will travel)
303 803 2060 (cell)
omanayacenter@gmail.com
www.kerenaabrams.com
Rabbi Batya Lisa Friedland
Santa Fe, NM (travels domestically and internationally)
(415) 903-0134
rav.batya@gmail.com
Rabbi Raymond Singer,
Ph.D.
36 Alondra Road
Santa Fe NM 87508
work (505) 466-1100
fax (505) 466 1101
ray.singer@gmail.com
www.neurotox.com
NEW YORK
NYC
and
environs
Elsa Asher CD(DONA)
Life Cycle Ritualist, Doula
Brooklyn, NY
(210) 413-5029
elsa.asher@gmail.com
www.elsaasher.com
Rabbi Steven Blane
54 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10024
(917) 407-0477
sblane1107@gmail.com
Website: www.Officiant.org
Havurah: www.SimShalom.com
Rabbi Andrea Frank,
Ordained Reform
Rabbi
All Naming Ceremonies for All New Parents
Serving the Tri-State Area, 30 mile radius
Toll-free 1-888-214-3821
Cantor Michael Garb
Baby Naming Officiant
Suffolk County, Long Island
(631) 664-2790
cantormike18@gmail.com
www.aceremonyjustforyou.com/
Chani Getter CPC,
Interfaith Minister - Spiritual Leader
Resides in NJ, office in Hackensack, NJ
Will cover NJ and NY including NYC, and CT
(201) 477-0274
Chani@chanigetter.com
www.chanigetter.com
Rabbi Irwin Kula
(Author of Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life)
440 Park Ave. South
New York, NY 10016
(212) 779-3300
ikula@clal.org
http://www.simple-wisdom.com/about_ik.htm
Rabbi Bill Kurry
(Based in NJ)
(732) 245-9965
rabbibill@gmail.com
www.nyinterfaithrabbi.com
Cantor
Avital
Lazar
New York City, NY 10025
(917)
597-6375
avital.lazar@gmail.com
www.avitallazar.com
Rabbi Eli Mallon,
M.Ed., LMSW
based in New City, NY
Covering the Tri-State area
rebem34@aol.com
www.rabbielimallon.wordpress.com
The City Congregation for
Humanistic Judaism
Rabbi Peter Schweitzer
249 West 34th St., Suite 600
New York, NY 10001
(212) 213-1002
info@citycongregation.org
www.citycongregation.org
citycongregation.blogspot
Rabbi Salem Pearce
New York, NY
(202) 361 3880
salempearce@gmail.com
Rabbi Roger Ross
Pan-Denominational Rabbi
New York, NY 10025
Hillsdale, NY 12529
Rabbi Ross will travel anywhere in NY State, and to NJ, Southern CT,
Southwestern MA and Eastern PA - will travel anywhere if requested
(212) 864-0261
(917) 930-1181
rabbirogerross@gmail.com
www.rabbiross.com
www.lovingheartsceremonies.com
www.rabbinicalseminaryint.org
Rebecca
Schoffer, Cantorial Soloist
Director
of Jewish Family Engagement and Shababa
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
ph (212) 699-7245
RSchoffer@92Y.org
92Y.org/jewish-life/baby-namings
Rabbi Frank A. Tamburello
Westchester Community for Humanistic Judaism
319 East 50th Street - Apt 4C
New York, NY 10022
(631) 987-5347, (646) 964-4462
ftamburello@hotmail.com
wchj.org
UPSTATE
Rabbi Laurence Aryeh Alpern
P.O. Box 53
Porter Corners, NY 12859
Rabbi Alpern will travel to VT, NH, and ME
(518) 893-0808
rabbialpern@aol.com
http://www.rabbialpern.com/celebrations/baby-namings/
Barbara Behrmann,
Ph.D.
Humanist Celebrant
Ceremonies and Event Planning of the Finger Lakes
Ithaca, NY
(607) 272-5436
barb@ceremoniesandevents.com
www.ceremoniesandevents.com
Rabbi David Gellman
Buffalo and other areas adjacent to Canada.
Based in Toronto, Ontario
650 430 2289 (US Mobile)
rebberev@gmail.com
Chani Getter CPC,
Spiritual Leader
Resides in NJ, offices in Wesley Hills, NY/NYC
Will cover NJ and NY, including NYC
(201) 477-0274
chani@inspirationallivinginc.com
www.InspirationalLivingInc.com
Rabbi Irving Luchans
Pan-denominational rabbi
16 Sandra Drive
Framingham, MA 01701 - will travel to Upstate New York and throughout
New England
(508) 877-1234
rabbi.irving@yahoo.com
or rabbi@faithtofaithweddings.com
Cantor Abbe Lyons
Ithaca, NY
(607) 273-4022
cantorabbe@yahoo.com
www.abbelyons.com
Rabbi Eli Mallon,
M.Ed., LMSW
based in New City, NY
Covering the Tri-State area
rebem34@aol.com
www.rabbielimallon.wordpress.com
Mona Sulzman
Spiritual
Leader/Cantorial Soloist
3B1 Candlewyck Park
Ithaca NY 14850
(607) 277-7553
mobile (607)592-5386
monasulz@gmail.com
Barry A. Swan madrikh
Beth Haskalah, the Rochester Society for Humanistic Judaism
62 Laconia Parkway
Rochester NY 14618
(585) 461-5137
585-329-3305 (cell)
baswan@aol.com
Rabbi Brian Walt
Tikkun v'Or: The Reform Congregation of Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
(508) 560 0589
rabbibrianwalt@gmail.com
STATEWIDE
Rabbi Shimon Berris
(based in NJ)
(856) 779-0017
interclerg@aol.com
There are other celebrants in New York
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
NORTH CAROLINA
Rabbi Steven Lebow
(Based in GA)
404-790-8612 (cell)
rabbilebow@gmail.com
http://www.atljewishandinterfaithweddings.com
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal
Based in Hilton Head Island, SC
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
RabbiASegal@aol.com
www.jewishspiritualrenewal.org
OHIO
Roberta Feinstein,
Secular Jewish Madrikha/Leader
320 Claymore Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44143
(216) 481-0850
rifke@bronxbobbe.com
Dr Gabe Goldman
Outdoor Jewish Classroom
PITTSBURGH (will travel into adjacent areas of Maryland, Ohio and West
Virginia)
(412) 856-2734
primskills@yahoo.com
jewishnaturelessons.wordpress.com
www.JewishNatureCenter.org
Bobbie Varble, Madrikha
Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland
Society of Humanistic Judaism
5600 A Emerald Ridge Parkway
Cleveland, OH 44139
(440) 498-4747
Mark W. Weber
Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland
33300 Ledge Hill Drive
Solon, OH 44139
(440) 519-0220
lastdetective@yahoo.com
There are other celebrants in Ohio who
do not wish their
contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
OKLAHOMA
Rabbi David S. Gruber
(Based in Texas)
8083 Stonebrook Pkwy., #602
Frisco, TX 75034
(469) 222-0047
rabbigruber@gmail.com
www.interfaithweddingrabbi.net
OREGON
Rabbi
Russell McAlmond
678 Pleasantville Way
Grants Pass, OR 97526
(503) 729-9354
rabbimcalmond@gmail.com
Rabbi Hanan Sills
PO Box 5701
Eugene OR 97405
(541) 344-7945
hanan@efn.org
Yehudah Alan Winter
and Joanie
Levine
Your Personal Ceremony
5707 NE 15th Avenue
Portland 97211
(503) 287-8737
(503) 679-5933
jlevinehummingbird@gmail.com
alanyehudah@gmail.com
www.yourpersonalceremony.com
PENNSYLVANIA
Rabbi Rebecca Alpert
Professor of Religion
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Liberal Arts
Temple University
1219 Anderson Hall
1114 Polett Walk
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19122
(215)-204-7712 (office)
ralpert@temple.edu
https://sites.temple.edu/rebeccatalpert
Rabbi Howard Cove
Haverford, PA
(267) 243 8155
rabbihowardcove@gmail.com
Keshira HaLev Fife,
Kohenet (Hebrew
Priestess)
Pittsburgh, PA
(412) 801-2175
keshira@keshirahalev.com
www.keshirahalev.com
Dr Gabe Goldman
Outdoor Jewish Classroom
PITTSBURGH (will travel into adjacent areas of Maryland, Ohio and West
Virginia)
(412) 856-2734
primskills@yahoo.com
jewishnaturelessons.wordpress.com
www.JewishNatureCenter.org
Rabbi Julie Greenberg
B202
6445 Greene St
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19119
(215) 843 9592
JulieGberg@gmail.com
Rabbi Bill Kurry
(Based in NJ)
(732) 245-9965
rabbibill@gmail.com
www.nyinterfaithrabbi.com
Rabbi Rayzel Raphael
1211 Ansley Ave
Melrose Park, PA 19027
(215) 237-2955
rrayzel@shechinah.com
www.shechinah.com
Rabbi Roger Ross
Pan-Denominational Rabbi
Based in NY- See NYC and environs
(212) 864-0261
(917) 930-1181
rabbirogerross@gmail.com
www.rabbiross.com
Rabbi Michael Shevack
2310 Byecroft Road
New Hope, PA 18938
(215) 297-5747 home
267-312-5006 cell
michaelshevack@comcast.net
www.michaelshevack.com
Student Rabbi Joysa Winter
Philadelphia (Havertown)
(267) 902-7752
joysa@aol.com
www.wanderinghebrew.com
Rabbi Shimon Berris
(based in NJ)
(856) 779-0017
interclerg@aol.com
There are other celebrants in
Pennsylvania who do not
wish their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
RHODE
ISLAND
Rabbi Ethan Adler
60 Neptune Street
Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 486 -0110
eadler3@cox.net
Rabbi Irving Luchans
Pan-denominational rabbi
16 Sandra Drive
Framingham, MA 01701 - will travel to Upstate New York and throughout
New England
(508) 877-1234
rabbi.irving@yahoo.com
or rabbi@faithtofaithweddings.com
Rabbi Mark Newton
Boston, MA
(617) 520-8002
rabbimarknewton@yahoo.com
www.irishrabbi.com
Rabbinical Student Lex Rofes
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
(414) 828-3598
lex@nextjewishfuture.org
SOUTH CAROLINA
Rabbi Steven Lebow
(Based in GA)
404-790-8612 (cell)
rabbilebow@gmail.com
http://www.atljewishandinterfaithweddings.com
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal
Hilton Head Island, SC
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
RabbiASegal@aol.com
www.jewishspiritualrenewal.org
TENNESSSEE
Rabbi Steven Lebow
(Based in GA)
404-790-8612 (cell)
rabbilebow@gmail.com
http://www.atljewishandinterfaithweddings.com
TEXAS
Rabbi Lev Baesh RN,
CHPN, CLNC, JD
3601 Marcae Court
Austin, TX 78704
603-767-5265
levbaesh@gmail.com
www.rabbilevbaesh.com
Rabbi David S. Gruber
(will travel to Oklahoma)
8083 Stonebrook Pkwy., #602
Frisco, TX 75034
(469) 222-0047
rabbigruber@gmail.com
www.interfaithweddingrabbi.net
Senior Rabbi Mara S. Nathan*
Temple Beth-El
San Antonio
* Rabbi Nathan will only be able to officiate at ceremonies for
congregational members of Temple Beth-El.
(210) 733-9135 ext.101
mnathan@beth-elsa.org
www.beth-elsa.org
VERMONT
Rabbi Laurence Aryeh Alpern
(based in Upstate NY)
(518) 893-0808
rabbialpern@aol.com
http://www.rabbialpern.com/celebrations/baby-namings/
Rabbi Irving Luchans
Pan-denominational rabbi
16 Sandra Drive
Framingham, MA 01701 - will travel to Upstate New York and throughout
New England
(508) 877-1234
rabbi.irving@yahoo.com
or rabbi@faithtofaithweddings.com
Rabbi Mark Newton
Boston, MA
(617) 520-8002
rabbimarknewton@yahoo.com
www.irishrabbi.com
There are other celebrants in Vermont
who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
VIRGINIA
(See also DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA)
Rabbi Jeremy Kridel
8353 Montgomery Run Road, Apt A
Ellicot City, MD 20143
(301) 708-9675
jkridel@gmail.com
www.machar.org
Cantor Emily Blank
free lance life-style officiant
Cantor Blank serves the MD and VA suburbs of Washington, DC
240-305-8262
emilyblank@gmail.com
(preferred)
Rhea Bolasny
Seagull, Certified
Leader, Leadership Conference of Secular &
Humanistic Jews
Virginia Beach VA
(973) 325-7247
RheaCBS@aol.com
(preferred means of contact)
Rabbi Rain Zohav
Covering Maryland, North Virginia and District of Columbia
rainzohav@gmail.com
rabbirain.com
There are other celebrants
in Virginia who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
WASHINGTON
Sha'ari Garfinkel,
MSW, LICSW
Spiritual Facilitator, Clinical Social Worker, Sound Therapist, Jewish
Shamanic Healing, WA State Minister
Inner Listening Therapies
Seattle, WA
(206) 228-9449
shaari@innerlistening.com
www.innerlistening.com
Rabbi Dr. Elizabeth Goldstein
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
(858) 229-2210
goldstein@gonzaga.edu
Serves the Jewish Community of the Palouse, including Western Idaho
Rabbi Jay B.
Heyman, D.D.
8027 California Ave SW
Seattle WA 98136
(206) 708-6344
mobile (206) 484-4340
ravjay1@mac.com
http://www.shalomspirit.org/
WEST
VIRGINIA
Dr Gabe Goldman
Outdoor Jewish Classroom
PITTSBURGH (will travel into adjacent areas of Maryland, Ohio and West
Virginia)
(412) 856-2734
primskills@yahoo.com
jewishnaturelessons.wordpress.com
www.JewishNatureCenter.org
WISCONSIN
Rabbi Jonathan
Biatch
Temple Beth El
2702 Arbor Drive
Madison WI 5371o
(608) 238-3123 - voice
(608) 467-3197 - fax
rabbi@tbemadison.org
www.tbemadison.org
wwwrabbijonathanbiatch.wordpress.com
WYOMING
There are celebrants in
Wyoming who do not wish their
contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA
There are celebrants in
Australia who do not wish their
contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
CANADA
ALBERTA
There are celebrants in
Alberta who do not wish their
contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
ONTARIO
OTTAWA
Rabbi
Elizabeth
Bolton
Rabbi, Or Haneshamah
Ottawa's Reconstructionist Community
available to travel
rabbilizb@gmail.com
HAMILTON
Rabbi
David
Mivasair
Rabbi Mivasair will travel
david@mivasair.com
rebdavid.blogspot.ca/
baqesh-shalom.blogspot.ca/
TORONTO
Rabbi David Gellman
Toronto and Niagara Falls/Ft. Erie
Will also travel to Buffalo, NY and other
adjacent New York state areas
(416) 300 7218 (Canadian mobile)
rebberev@gmail.com
Rabbi Eva
Goldfinger BA, MA, MAJS, PC
Psychotherapist & Philosophic Counsellor
#1701, 3303 Don Mills Rd
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4T6
(416) 494-7450
416 520 1922 (cell)
evagoldfinger007@gmail.com
Rabbi Denise
Handlarski
Toronto and Greater Toronto Area
(416) 854-0133
denise.handlarski@gmail.com
www.denisehandlarski.com
Rabbi Karen Levy
(retired, no longer officiating at Brit Shalom
ceremonies)
1506-7805 Bayview Ave
Thornhill, ON L3T 7N1
(905) 731 7066
klevy@rogers.com
Gail McCabe
PhD RSSW
Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe
Humanist Officiant, Ontario Humanist Society
United Jewish People's Order
Chaplain, University of Toronto, UT Humanist Chaplaincy
905-220-9072 (cell)
(289) 396-0060 (land)
gailmccabe@gmail.com
gailmccabe.com
ontariohumanists.ca
uthumanist.com
Amy Soule,
Volunteer Cantor
Hamilton, Ontario
affiliated with Shaarei Beth El Congregation (Oakville, Ontario)
amysoule14@gmail.com
There are other celebrants
in Ontario who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
QUEBEC
Rabbi Elina Bykova
Based in Montreal, Quebec
Will also travel to any place in Canada as well as to close-by US
states.
(514) 761-0776
http://www.weddinginmontreal.com/
elinabykova@yahoo.ca
Rabbi David Gellman
Based in Toronto, Ontario
Will also travel to Buffalo, NY and other
adjacent New York state areas
(416) 300 7218 (Canadian mobile)
rebberev@gmail.com
Rabbi Sherril Gilbert
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(514) 386-8874
rebsherril@outlook.com
CARIBBEAN
Rabbi Steven Blane
Will travel, including Turks and Caicos Is.
(+1 917) 407-0477
sblane1107@gmail.com
Website: www.Officiant.org
Havurah: www.SimShalom.com
ISRAEL
ELIAV
Yossi Schellas
(+972) 52 320 8458
yschellas@gmail.com
www.tkasim.org.il
GIVATAYIM
Rabbi Ayala Shanee
(+972) 50 243 5000
Ayala_sh@bezeqint.net
www.sarhatekes.co.il
www.tkasim.org.il
HAIFA
Rabbi Sigal Asher
(+972) 50 200 3979
peimot.sigal@gmail.com
www.peimot.net
www.tkasim.org.il
JERUSALEM
Rabbi Nardy Grun
(+972) 52 473 8983
nardy1@gmail.com
www.blognardy.com
www.tkasim.org.il
Rabbi
Sivan Maas,
Chairperson of
"Secular Judaism"
Dean of IISHJ - Tmura Israel
(+972) 52 336 6541
rsivanmaas@gmail.com
israelijudaism.org.il/rsivan.php
www.tkasim.org.il
Rabbi Dr. Efraim
Zadoff
(+972) 50 739 3887
zadoff@zahav.net.il
chatunachilonit.wordpress.com/
www.tkasim.org.il
KFAR SABA
Rabbi Galit
Oren-Moran
(+972) 52 428 2368
mailto:galitoren13@gmail.com
www.raba-galitoren.co.il
www.tkasim.org.il
KFAR TAVOR
Rotkovitch Yair
(Independent
Celebrant)
(+972) 54 454 0275
yairro4@gmail.com
www.tkasim.org.il
KIBBUTZ BEIT HAEMEK
Rabbi Avi Pascal
(+972) 52 379 4576
aviamba@b-emek.org.il
www.tkasim.org.il
NESHER
Rabbi Dr. Iris
Yaniv
(+972) 54 491 6877
y_iris@netvision.net.il
https://sites.google.com/site/rabbidr17/
www.tkasim.org.il
RAKAFET
Rabbi Dubi Avigur
(+972) 52 830 5763
davigur@gmail.com
www.dubi-tkasim.co.il
www.tkasim.org.il
There are other celebrants
in Israel who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
MEXICO
CANCUN
Rabbi Steven Blane
(+1 917) 407-0477
sblane1107@gmail.com
Website: www.Officiant.org
Havurah: www.SimShalom.com
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON
Laura Miller,
Madricha,
Humanist Jewish officiant
68 Etherley Road
London N15 3AU
England
(44 20) 8800 5120
madrichalaura02@yahoo.co.uk
There are other celebrants in London
who do not
wish their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
OXFORD
Alexander Massey
BA PGCE MA MSc
Celebrant, prayer leader, cantorial soloist and musician
Based in Oxford
+44 (0) 7771 988207
alexander@alexandermassey.com
http://www.alexandermassey.com
IRELAND
Rabbi Mark Newton
Boston, MA - travels frequently to Ireland
(617) 520-8002
rabbimarknewton@yahoo.com
www.irishrabbi.com
EUROPE
FRANCE
Daniel, Brit Shalom
l'Alliance Sans Souffrance
Liberal Celebrant who will travel anywhere in France and all of Europe
will celebrate Brit Shalom in French, English, Portuguese, Spanish and
Hebrew
britshalom.francophonie@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/britshalom.francophonie/
GERMANY
Rabbi Kai Eckstein
Postfach 740121
22091 Hamburg
Germany
+49(0)40-2878 1185
humanrabbi@hotmail.com
Rabbi Eckstein is a counselor or consultant for people who wish to
learn more about Brit Shalom. He will not be actively officiating at
ceremonies.
HUNGARY
Prof. Hanoch Ben-Yami
Department of Philosophy
Central European University
Nádor u. 9
H-1051
Budapest
Hungary
benyamih@ceu.edu
SOUTH AMERICA
BRAZIL
There are celebrants in
Brazil who do not wish
their contact information listed publicly. Please contact Mark
D Reiss, M.D. for further information.
For
the name of a Brit Shalom celebrant in your area
or to be added to this list,
email Dr
Mark Reiss
or write to
Mark David Reiss, M.D.
773 Duncan Street
San Francisco California 94131
phone (415) 647-2687
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