Rabbi Jessica Huettner Rosenthal Pine Tree Drive

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1 1920 Pine Tree Drive Prescott, AZ Work Experience Temple B rith Shalom, Prescott, Arizona Rabbi, June Present LEADERSHIP and COMMUNITY BUIDLING Created a caring space and service for mourning and support in the wake of the tragic loss of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots, and a Jewish response by raising money for victim s families. Nurtured partnerships and built bridges with interfaith communities and individuals including an African American church, the Prescott United Methodist Church, a Buddhist priest, a Muslim speaker, the First Congregational Church through shared worship, education, Q and A, personal stories and joint social justice efforts. Served as the primary Jewish voice in the quad-city community. Shared Jewish message of thanks as speaker and singer at each Quad City Interfaith Thanksgiving event. Wrote articles for the Prescott Daily Courier, and participated in TV and radio interviews about Jewish holidays. Engaged in and led warm exchange with a Holocaust survivor in front of 1200 attendees from the community as part of a community Yom HaShaoah event. SOCIAL JUSTICE Initiated a social justice committee and presence within the congregation, consisting of educational sessions on issues related to race, religious diversity, Syrian refugees, and white privilege. Each session was rooted in Jewish texts and values. Speaker at the Prescott College interfaith vigil for peace. Taught a community class on Social Justice within Judaism at Prescott College. Key Note Speaker about the importance of equality and Justice within Judaism at the Quad City Interfaith community Martin Luther King Day. Participated and sang a song as a leading Jewish voice at St. Luke s Ebony Christian Church s (local African American Church) MLK day celebration. Voiced compassion and dignity in combating poverty through a client led approach as a Coalition for Compassion Board member, chair of the advocacy committee, and created further bridges between the congregation and our efforts. WORSHIP and HOLIDAY CELEBRATION Cultivated joyous, warm, spiritual, and interactive worship experiences including music voice and guitar, sermons, conversation, and worship. Introduced guitar, new melodies, art, creative readings and question based iyunim (to add intention, focus and meaning to various prayers). Added variety to regular services by introducing a monthly family services, birthday blessings, and piano service with music from the choir and choir director.

2 Introduced visual tefillah during High Holy Days and community Passover Seder Created outdoor worship experiences for Havdalah, the 4 th of July and Shabbat services. Transformed holiday celebrations into experiential and family friendly occasions that celebrated the heart of the holiday s theme through festival potlucks, outdoor locations, live musicians, and craft projects that symbolized the values of each holiday such as making a little Torah that contained a teaching we wished to keep with us throughout the year during Simchat Torah. RELATIONSHIP BUILDING Invited story sharing and connections through one-on-one coffee conversations with each congregant. Built bridges between families and retired congregants through sick visits, delivery of mishloach manot (Purim baskets) to homebound congregants, shared worship experiences and a congregational Shabbat at the local Jewish Summer Camp. Initiated leadership opportunities for teens including camp and teen led Shabbat services, with planning sessions and leadership opportunities for teens and camp participants. FUNDRAISING Raised money for the congregation through a legacy breakfast. Procured grants from the local Jewish Foundation. Raised money for a new sound system. Raised money for the new High Holy Day Mishkan HaNefesh Prayerbooks. LIFELONG LEARNING Introduced diverse learning opportunities such as art midrash, High Holy Day liturgy history and introduction of Mishkan HaNefesh, an adult b nai mitzvah class, Hebrew learning for adults, Torah and Haftarah studies. Guided interactive Torah study with various themes and perspectives (liturgy, social action racial justice, commentaries, divrei Torah, stories, questions holidays, theological questions etc.). Wrote d vrei Torah for the URJ s 10 Minutes of Torah (Davar Acher) and the Jewish News of greater Phoenix. Wrote and shared d vrei Torah at meetings, composed articles for the monthly newsletter. Crafted moving sermons, iyunim, and teachings for worship experiences. Reimagined the Religious School to become more rooted in enduring understandings, and creative, experiential lessons. Wrote original curricula and tefillah for each new annual content theme including: history through time travel, Israel through texts, worship and history, Jewish Values through super hero quests, and Torah and Jewish texts through our natural connection to the desert in which we live. Created personalized Hebrew learning opportunities with individual tutors and introduced Hebrew through movement. Introduced Israeli Dance to the congregation and community and integrated it into holiday celebrations and events

3 LIFE CYCLE and HOSPITAL VISITS Celebrated with families at time of joy and comforted members during times of loss while creating individualized life cycle ceremonies. Created sacred moments with congregants in the hospital and at hospice. Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio Jewish Foundation Fellowship, September 2012 to May 2013 Enhanced partnerships between local Synagogues and the Jewish Federation through interviews, increased communication and strategies. Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio Dean s Intern, August 2011 to June 2012 Coordinated and facilitated student side of rabbinical placement in coordination with the Associate Dean. Student liaison to HUC applicants. Student leader for Founder s Day, Graduation and Ordination. Temple Beth Israel, Skokie, IL Schusterman 20 s and 30 s Outreach Internship, May 2010 to August 2010 Researched successful 20 s and 30 s community building and programming in consultation with the URJ. Created tools and long-term plan to initiate 20 s and 30 s group including a survey in partnership with professional consultant. Participated and led lay leadership visioning process with congregants Shadowed the Senior Rabbi in lifecycle events, committee and board meetings, and counseling. Led services and visited congregants in the hospital. STUDENT PULPITS Ohev Israel, Ohio, Student Rabbi, August 2011 to June 2012 Ahavath Shalom, West Virginia, Student Rabbi, August 2010 to June 2011 Temple B nai Israel, West Virginia, Student Rabbi, August 2009 to June 2010 Student Pulpit responsibilities: Delivered meaningful and relevant sermons. Crafted new and substantive adult education opportunities. Pastoral care and outreach to congregants. Lead Shabbat, High Holy Day, and holiday services. Fostered creative worship for holidays and lifecycle events. The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio October 1999 to June 2008 Director of Curriculum & Assistant Director of Education Supervised and wrote an original curriculum and a process to develop new curricula in conjunction with visioning initiative. Directed curriculum implementation, mapping, and evaluation of teachers in grades Pre-K-6. Planned and facilitated Arts Working Group as part of larger Temple visioning in conjunction with lay leaders

4 Pre K 2 nd grade Principal Supervised, mentored and coached teachers. Advocated for teachers, parents, students and staff. Facilitated Sunday staff meeting and introduced new educational components. Family Educator Planned, developed, implemented and assessed grade level family education museum programs (Pre-K 6 th grade), and family education budget. Adapted new models and content for family educational programs to reflect Temple vision. Other responsibilities Planned, led, and grew participation in new retreats. Facilitated and enriched Madrichim Program (Grades 7 th -12 th grades). Wrote proposals and evaluations for Congregational Enrichment Funds. Founded and supervised 5 th and 6 th grade Youth Group. B nai Mitzvah Tutor. Siegal College, Cleveland, Ohio Jewish Arts Seminar Teaching Assistant, September 2004 to August 2005 Designed and taught two classroom units. Developed arts bibliography. Temple Emanuel, Sarasota, Florida Youth Group Advisor (5 th -7 th grades), August 1997 to May 1998 Machaneh Galil Habonim Dror, Ottsville, Pennsylvania Rosh Madricha (Head Camp Counselor), summers of 1994, 1995,1996, 1997 Leadership Experience Founder of Prescott Women s Clergy Group, Prescott, AZ Board Member of the Coalition for Compassion and Justice, Advocacy chair, Prescott, AZ Active member of the Quad City Interfaith Coalition leader in Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, added new creative elements to community Martin Luther King celebration. Prescott, AZ RSA President, Rabbinical Student Association of Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati. RSA Social and Community Vice President, grew participation in programming, collected data for student advocacy, created welcoming guide, signs and student led Shabbat dinners. Grew scope and impact of caring community initiatives. Cincinnati, OH Student representative for Rabbinic Executive Committee (REC), a student, faculty, and administration policy committee of Hebrew Union College. Student representative for Service-Learning Working Group, Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati. Head of Green Committee, Hebrew Union College of Jerusalem

5 Cleveland Federation Young Adult Initiative Board, umbrella committee for 20 s and 30 s groups in Cleveland, Ohio. Co-founder of Community Garden, Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati Creator of Young Adult Educators and Scholars (YES), a 20 s and 30 s group for Siegal College of Cleveland. Community Involvement Habitat for Humanity, clergy build Author of two Davar Acher Torah commentary articles for the Union for Reform Judaism s 10 Minutes of Torah Wrote divrei Torah for the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Member of the Greater Phoenix Board of Rabbis Community Martin Luther King planning committee and speaker Venice on Vine Volunteer, helping workers find/train for jobs in Cincinnati, Ohio American Jewish World Service Volunteer, rabbinical student service trip to Mexico Hebrew Union College Broadway Singers Encounter participant in discussions and meetings with Palestinian leaders and future Jewish leader about Israel and its future Siegal College Alumni Board Passover Project Volunteer, Cleveland Jewish Federation trip to the Former Soviet Union to lead Pesach Sedarim for impoverished FSU Jews Parents and Children Together Committee, helping Ethiopian Jews in Cleveland s sister city, Beit Shean, find balance between transition to life in Israel and honoring Ethiopian culture and traditions. Educational Directors Network Education Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio Ordination June Masters of Arts in Hebrew Letters June 2012 Thesis topic: Community Organizing as Understood through Historical Practice, Text and Ritual The Jewish Hospital & Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio Completed one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education August 2011 Siegal College of Judaic Studies, Cleveland, Ohio Master s Degree in Jewish Education with Distinction May 2006 Thesis topic: Building Bridges through Arts Integration: A look at a Jewish Day School s integrative techniques New College (Honors College of Florida), Sarasota, Florida Bachelor of Arts Sociology May

6 Awards and Honors Rabbinical Student Association President Day School Extern, advocated and learn about Jewish Day Schools by visiting the Rashi School in Boston, Massachusetts Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Service Learning Fellow Student representative for the Hebrew Union College Board of Governors meeting;; wrote and delivered the student report. Rabbinical school representative on the American Jewish World Services trip to Mexico Aaron Intrater Award for Excellence in Jewish Education Graduated with Distinction from Siegal College of Judaic Studies Religious School Teaching Experience Wise Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio Religious School Teacher, September 2009 to June 2010 Designed and taught 4 th grade Israel curriculum. The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio Religious School Teacher, September 1999 to June 2008 Developed and taught Storahtelling class for 8 th 11 th grade students, Israel course for 9 th grade students, Mitzvot Ben Adam L Makom (Jewish laws concerning people and God) curriculum for 9 th grade students, Ritual objects through art and text curriculum. Temple Emanuel, Sarasota, Florida Religious School Teacher, September 1997 to May 1999 Designed and taught new curricula for 4 th, 5 th, and 7 th grades. For writing samples and creative projects see, References available upon request - 6 -