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I serve as the Senior Rabbi Successor at Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior, I was the Senior Rabbi at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Associate Rabbi at Temple Shalom in Newton, Massachusetts.Beyond my responsibilities within the congregation, I have held leadership positions within the community–both locally and in the Reform Movement. I served on the Board of Trustees for Construct, Inc, a local organization that creates and maintains transitional and affordable housing. I founded BASIC, a network of faith-based and human services organization that ensures access to resources for the local immigrant community. I have been a member of the Reform Movement’s Commission on Social Action and has chaired a national campaign to organize the Jewish community for criminal justice reform. In 2018, at a commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “From the Mountaintop” sermon, I spoke from the same pulpit at the Mason Temple in Memphis, representing the Jewish voice. I was a member of the Israel Policy Forum's Charles Bronfman Conveners Cohort in 2021.I share my writing and more at www.neilpghirsch.com.

Listed skills include Community Organizing, Social Justice, Pastoral Counseling, Community Outreach, and 17 others.