Rabbi David Zaslow was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He was ordained in 1995 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi under the supervision and mentorship of Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfeld. In 2003 he completed his term as a Spiritual Advisor to ALEPH, the umbrella organization of the Jewish Renewal movement. Before his ordination he served as a rabbinic intern for the Jewish communities of Crescent City, California, Bend, Oregon, and Redding, California.

During his years as a poet-in-the-schools for the southern Oregon region, David Zaslow wrote and edited more than a dozen books of poetry as well as two albums of children's music.

Rabbi David also teaches Bible and spirituality in classes at Southern Oregon University's Elderhostel program, and leads Shabbaton weekends and retreats for Jewish Renewal communities throughout the United States. Today Rabbi David is completing a series of books that he has been working on for many years: on Jewish meditation & Kabbalah; interfaith relations with Christianity; on the poetry of the Tenakh (Bible); and a collection of his own poetry.

Rabbi David Zaslow is B'nai Or's Visiting Spiritual Leader for the 2007-08 year and can be reached by email, shalomrav@aol.com.

Eishet Hazon Matia Rania Angelou has been the Pastoral Care Director for the past two years at B'nai Or. Reb Matia is a poet, ritual artist, healer, and teacher of meditative chant. Currently she is studying with the ALEPH Rabbinic Seminary to become a Rabbinic Pastor and Mashpia / Spiritual Director. At the end of her term as spiritual leader for B'nai Or of Boston, the community honored her with the title Eshet Hazon / Woman of Vision. She is also a Madricha / Mikveh Guide at Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh and Education Center where, as a member of the Ritual Creation Team, she writes ceremonies for use with immersions.

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