
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz
Co-Host of Temple Beth Am Podcasts
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz is excited and honored to be the Associate Rabbi at Temple Beth Am. Rabbi Schatz was ordained from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in 2017 with a concentration in Halakha and journeyed to Foster City, CA to be the Assistant Rabbi and Education Director at Peninsula Sinai Congregation.
Rabbi Schatz received her Masters in Experiential Education from American Jewish University as well as her Bachelor in Choral Music Education before pursuing her rabbinic dream. During rabbinical school Rabbi Schatz interned at Temple Beth Am and PSC, where she was encouraged to build programming around life cycles such as b’nei mitzah, and create new opportunities for traditional holidays such as Shavuot and Purim or prayer experiences such as Shabbat Sovev. Rabbi Schatz directed PSC’s experiential religious school program, Kesher, facilitated a mother-daughter b’not mitzvah program, Kol Banot, engaged women in Torah study, Midrasha, and continued to pursue her musical t’fillah passion with kids aged K-8th grade.
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz has hosted 333 Episodes.
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Shabbat Sermon: “Standing in Front of the Mirror of Justice”
August 30th, 2025 | 10 mins 50 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, August 30, 2025.
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Siddur Class #175 - The Modern Era - A.J. Heschel - Part 3
August 26th, 2025 | 36 mins 18 secs
Rabbi Avi Havivi's siddur class at Temple Beth Am Los Angeles via Zoom - August 26, 2025
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Shabbat Sermon: "Finding Rest and Creating Comfort"
August 23rd, 2025 | 7 mins 44 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, August 23, 2025.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Naming our Itinerary and Preparing our Destination"
July 26th, 2025 | 16 mins 22 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, July 26, 2025.
(Youtube)
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Shabbat Teaching: "You Don't Know What You've Got Til It's Gone - Miriam and the Tears They Didn't Shed"
July 5th, 2025 | 26 mins 52 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz is joined by Rabbi Deborah Silver, from IKAR, for today's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, July 5, 2025.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Seeing is Believing?"
June 21st, 2025 | 29 mins 22 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, June 21, 2025.
(Youtube)
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Shabbat Teaching: "A Time for Speech and a Time for Action"
June 14th, 2025 | 26 mins 14 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, June 14, 2025.
(Youtube)
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Shabbat Sermon: "Wandering In/With Wilderness”
May 31st, 2025 | 11 mins 25 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, May 31, 2025.
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Shabbat Teaching: Omer "Learning Through Pirkei Avot"
May 24th, 2025 | 41 mins 14 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, May 24, 2025.
(Youtube/Zoom)
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Shabbat Sermon: "A Life of Holy Partnership: Love is Love."
May 10th, 2025 | 11 mins 8 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, May 10, 2025.
(Youtube)
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Shabbat Sermon: "Living in our Liminal Spaces”
May 3rd, 2025 | 11 mins 10 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, May 3, 2025.
(Youtube)
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Shabbat/Passover Teaching: "A Holiday of Nostalgia"
April 19th, 2025 | 17 mins 9 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat/Passover Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, April 19, 2025.
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Siddur Class #160 - Hasidism - Routine and Distraction in Prayer - Part 2
March 4th, 2025 | 33 mins 33 secs
Rabbi Avi Havivi's siddur class at Temple Beth Am Los Angeles via Zoom - March 4, 2025.
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Shabbat Teaching: An Unexpected Leader Parashat Yitro - Seudah Shlishit 2025
February 8th, 2025 | 27 mins 51 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, February 8, 2025.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Men with Big Feelings"
December 28th, 2024 | 32 mins 57 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, December 28, 2024.
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Shabbat Teaching: “Are Ephraim and Menashe Jewish?”
December 21st, 2024 | 39 mins 48 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, December 21, 2024.