About me
Rabbi Ezra Leventhal (he/they) began serving the CBI community as Assistant Rabbi in July 2024, immediately following his ordination at Hebrew Union College - New York in May 2024. He began his Rabbinical School journey in July 2019, which means he is a proud member of the Year in Israel cohort sent back to the United States by the COVID-19 Pandemic. During his time on the New York Campus, he spent two years interning at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick, NJ and one year serving as Student Rabbi at Shir Shalom in Woodstock, VT. He was very active in student life at HUC, serving as the Vice President of the Student Executive Council and directing the campus Purim spiel twice.
Rabbi Ezra considers it his personal mission to find hidden glimmers of the sacred in unexpected places. As a Rabbi, this inspires him to learn from everyone and everything he can – he even wrote his rabbinic thesis about finding the sacred in horror movies. Rabbi Ezra is excited to bring his unique perspective to CBI, in a variety of areas, including the CBI podcast “Latkes & Ketchup”, where he serves as host and content creator. In his spare time, Rabbi Ezra loves hiking, cooking, musical theatre, horror movies, and petting as many cats as he can find.
