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Etz Hayim Synagogue Announces New Spiritual Leadership
Welcome Rabbi Biatch & Rabbi Plumb
ETZ HAYIM SYNAGOGUE ANNOUNCES NEW SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
Etz Hayim Synagogue is pleased to announce rabbinical coverage for our community through August 1, 2026! In order to meet the unique needs of our congregation during this transitional time, Etz Hayim will be welcoming not one, but two highly accomplished rabbis to guide us in the coming year. We are located at 1-1/2 Hood Road, Derry, NH. Visit us at www.etzhayim.org.
Meet Rabbi Jonathan Biatch
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We are honored to introduce Rabbi Jonathan Biatch who will serve as our High Holiday Rabbi this year and will also lead our monthly Family Shabbats. Rabbi Biatch recently concluded an interim post in Tempe, Arizona and previously led congregations in Madison, Wisconsin (for nearly 20 years) and Virginia for six years. He has recently moved to Connecticut where his wife is taking on a new Rabbinical position herself. His thoughtful leadership and inspiring High Holiday and Family Shabbat services are sure to be deeply meaningful for us all.
Meet Rabbi Marcia Plumb
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Rabbi Plumb will be visiting monthly to lead erev Shabbat, and Saturday morning Shabbat and Torah Study. Rabbi Plumb brings decades of experience in both pulpit leadership and Jewish education. Ordained at HUC-NY in 1988 with a Master’s in Hebrew Literature that she received in 1985 at the same institute, she has served communities across both the U.S. and the U.K. She also served as rabbi and chaplain for Hebrew Senior Life. She lived in London, England for 25 years, and served as a congregational and day school rabbi and founded and directed the Spiritual Formation program at Leo Baeck College (a rabbinic seminary).
She was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. She studied at St. John’s Seminary in California and earned her Master’s in Feminist Spirituality with the Immaculate Heart Center in Los Angeles. She was the program director for Seminarians Interacting, which took students from 25 seminaries to study at each other’s seminaries, then on retreat together.
Her focus is on Mussar, prayer, interfaith and social justice work, and spirituality. She lives in Needham, MA with her husband. They have two children in graduate school.
