Deborah A. Hirsch, Associate Rabbi

Rabbi Deborah A. Hirsch joined our clergy team as associate rabbi in July 2010. She was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1982, received her Doctor of Ministry there in 1997, and was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the same institution in 2007.

In 2000, Rabbi Hirsch joined the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), where she served as the regional director for the Greater New York Council of Reform Synagogues. In 2003, she became the URJ director of regions and supervised the Union's regional structure throughout North America. Previously she served as rabbi at East End Temple in Manhattan for 15 years. She has been active in the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) for many years, serving as finance officer, chair of the Nominating Committee, and chair of the Audit Committee. Rabbi Hirsch has also been a faculty member at Eisner, Crane Lake and Kutz Camps.

Though she is a native of Chicago, Rabbi Hirsch has spent her entire rabbinic career in the metro New York area. She and her partner, Carole Rivel, reside in Mamaroneck.

Contact Rabbi Hirsch at rabbidhirsch@tstnyc.org or 212-535-8008 x241.