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 321 Episodes.
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Yom Kippur Yizkor Sermon: "Living Your Legacy, Writing Ours"
September 25th, 2023 | 21 mins 44 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Yom Kippur Yizkor Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 25, 2023.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Shabbat Shuva - Again and Again"
September 23rd, 2023 | 19 mins 36 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 23, 2023.
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Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Hayom Harat Olam: Today the World is Curated"
September 17th, 2023 | 23 mins 51 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Rosh Hashanah Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 17, 2023.
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Elul Learning Series: "Sustaining Tradition in Modernity"
September 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz examines different elements of the High Holidays as well as Elul and how we have shifted those rituals into modern-day life, or how we might do so. From Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 7, 2023.
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Shabbat Sermon: "Elul: Choosing A Surface"
August 19th, 2023 | 7 mins 6 secs
Shabbat Sermon with Rabbi Rebecca Schatz, at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, August 19, 2023.
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Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Shlishit Eikev 2023
July 29th, 2023 | 23 mins 2 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, July 29, 2023.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Named Women of Virtue" - Seudah Shlishit Parashat Pinchas 2023
July 1st, 2023 | 35 mins 56 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, July 1, 2023.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Scouting vs. Seeing" Parashat Shlach 5783
June 10th, 2023 | 34 mins 2 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, June 10, 2023.
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Shavuot Yizkor Sermon: "Mourning the Unexpected"
May 27th, 2023 | 11 mins 7 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shavuot Yizkor Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, May 27, 2023.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Coming Back as One(s)"
May 13th, 2023 | 23 mins 55 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, May 13, 2023.
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Shabbat Teaching: "Taking A Year To Grow"
May 13th, 2023 | 32 mins 24 secs
Shabbat Teaching with Rabbi Rebecca Schatz at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, May 13, 2023.
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Passover Sermon: "K for P Cabinets Empty or Full"
April 6th, 2023 | 9 mins 54 secs
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld and Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Passover Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, April 6, 2023.
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Shabbat Teaching: Parashat Tetzaveh 2023: "How do we Give on Purim?"
March 4th, 2023 | 27 mins 35 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, March 4, 2023.
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Shabbat Sermon: "Sacred Safe Space"
February 25th, 2023 | 5 mins 55 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, February 25, 2023.
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Shabbat Sermon: Mitzraim, Midbar and Israel – All Places of Named Struggle
February 4th, 2023 | 7 mins 28 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, February 4, 2023.
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Shabbat Sermon: “Jumping Ahead for Blessings”
January 7th, 2023 | 8 mins 23 secs
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, January 7, 2023.