Welcome to Rabbi Helbraun

Temple Jeremiah welcomes its newest professional staff member, Rabbi Debbie Helbraun. Rabbi Helbraun was ordained from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1993. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education with minors in Jewish and Near Eastern Studies and Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College.

Rabbi Helbraun has worked in a variety of capacities for the Jewish community for over 20 years, including in religious and Hebrew school, chaplaincy, youth work, adult education, b'nai mitzvah tutoring, social action programming and a variety of other congregational and rabbinic responsibilities, most notably as Hebrew School Principal at Congregation BJBE from 1999 to 2003.

"I see my mission as Hebrew School Principal to develop and implement ways that ensure your children acquire the Hebrew skills necessary to become an active participant in Tefillah (prayer), Jewish Holidays and other Ritual Occasions, and to adequately prepare the students to be able to read Torah and prayers for B'nai Mitavah," Rabbi Helbraun writes.

- Re-printed from the October, 2007 Covenant