Rabbi Daniel Levin
Temple Beth El of Boca Raton

Rabbi Daniel Levin returns to Temple Beth El after three years serving as the spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El of West Essex in Livingston, New Jersey. In his three years with the congregation, Rabbi Levin worked to build a dynamic program of adult education and outreach to interfaith families. Rabbi Levin also worked to renovate much of the congregation’s ritual practice, initiating a comprehensive review and discussion of the synagogue’s ritual practice. Rabbi Levin was active in the Livingston community, working to create a community task force to create a more spiritually and emotionally healthy environment for children and families. In addition, Rabbi Levin chaired the September 11 Commemoration Committee for the town. Recently, United Jewish Communities of Metrowest named Rabbi Levin one of the “Forty Jewish Leaders under 40”.

Before coming to Temple Emanu-El, Rabbi Levin served as Associate Rabbi of Temple Beth El of Boca Raton. In his five years here, Rabbi Levin coordinated and revamped Temple Beth El’s adult-education program, offering nearly thirty different learning opportunities annually to more than 300 students. He also created many of the Temple’s outreach programs to interfaith families and those who are studying to become Jews-by-choice. He worked closely with the congregation’s young families and with the religious school and youth group programs. In addition, Rabbi Levin created a number of alternative worship opportunities for Shabbat, holidays, and the High Holidays.

Rabbi Levin was also extremely active in the Boca Raton community. He served on the boards of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service, and the Jewish Education Commission of South Palm Beach County. He also served as the president of the Greater Boca Raton Religious Leaders Association for two years. In addition, Rabbi Levin worked closely with Jews in recovery from drug-addiction and alcoholism as rabbinic advisor to the local chapter of JACS.

A recipient of the prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Rabbi Levin studied at the Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York campuses of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, and was ordained in May, 1996. He graduated from Colgate University with a degree in Philosophy and Religion in 1991, and was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington, D.C. He and his wife Aimee are the parents of three young children, Ari, Meredith, and Eliana.