Rabbi Steinman Installation Weekend
We invite the entire community to come together as one to celebrate with us as Temple Beth Shalom joyfully installs Rabbi Eleanor B. Steinman as a member of our clergy team. Rabbi Steinman joined Temple Beth Shalom full time in July 2021, and it is our honor now to formally recognize her as an integral part of our community. Please read more about Rabbi Steinman.
Schedule of Events
Friday, Feb. 25
7:00 p.m.
Erev Shabbat Services
We are honored to welcome our guest Rabbi David Lyon, who will join our clergy for this special service to install Rabbi Steinman.
Temple Beth Shalom Members: Limited sanctuary seating available: request in-person seating here (select Feb. 25 date).
Guests of Temple Beth Shalom (non-members): please RSVP by email to be added to our guest list.
All are welcome to join us by livestream.
Saturday, Feb. 26
9:00 a.m.
Torah Study, led by our guest, Rabbi David Lyon
Online only, by Zoom. Register to attend.
Sunday, Feb. 27
11:00 a.m.
Special event with Rabbi Steinman for Religious School families, by invitation
About Rabbi David Lyon
Rabbi David Lyon will be our guest during Rabbi Steinman's installation. He was ordained in 1990, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), in Cincinnati. Rabbi Lyon has served as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel, in Houston, since 2004.
Rabbi Lyon is a Vice-President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). In Houston, Rabbi Lyon is a board member of the United Way of Greater Houston; board member of Interfaith Ministries; a member of ADL’s Coalition for Mutual Respect; and a member of the advisory board of Holocaust Museum Houston. He is honored to be one of Houston’s Three Amigos with Rev. Bill Lawson and Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, whose history of social justice transformation in Houston is legendary.
Rabbi Lyon can be heard on iHeartRadio’s KODA 99.1 FM, every Sunday at 6:45am, and on the podcast, “Heart to Heart with Rabbi David Lyon,” which can be found at Sunny99.com. He is the author of “God of Me: Imagining God throughout Your Lifetime” (Jewish Lights 2011). Rabbi Lyon is married to Lisa; and they have four grown children, and one adorable grandson.