Rabbi Alan Freedman

e-mail: rabbifreedman@bethshalomaustin.org

Rabbi Alan Freedman and his family joined Temple Beth Shalom as our first full time Rabbi in July, 2002. A recent ordinee from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati campus, Rabbi Freedman was an attorney and businessman for nearly twenty years before deciding to become a Rabbi. He was raised in Southern New Jersey, and went to George Washington University, majoring in political science. His JD is from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Rabbi Alan Freedman and his wife Lori

Rabbi Freedman was president of Temple Kol Emeth a Reform congregation in Marietta, Georgia and was active in the Atlanta Jewish community. As a student rabbi he served Temple Shalom in Quincy, Illinois and was the rabbinic intern for two years at Rockdale Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Rabbi Freedman is no stranger to Texas. He served for two summers as Assistant Director for Education at Greene Family Camp, the UAHC summer camp in Bruceville, Texas.

Sharing his committment to Judaism and to Temple Beth Shalom are Rabbi Freedman's wife Lori and their three daughters, Erin, Lindsay, and Jessica. We warmly welcome the Freedman family into the Temple family and look forward to sharing a lifetime of simchot together.

Click here to read an article about Rabbi Freedman that was published in the Cincinnati Enquirer after his ordination.