Rabbi Barbara AB Symons
Barbara Symons is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan and was ordained by Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in 1994. Most recently, she served as the rabbi of Temple David in Monroeville, Pennsylvania just outside of Pittsburgh for 18 years and was named Rabbi Emerita. She loves to pray with and learn with people of all ages as well as actively work together to repair the world especially with partners from the interfaith and local civic community. She is thrilled to have even a small part in raising up prophetic voices through the many diverse voices included in her book Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimagining Haftarah (CCAR Press). Barbara met her husband Rabbi Ron Symons during their first week in Jerusalem at Hebrew Union College and is daily and deeply proud of, and inspired by, him and their three children all of whom are not only committed Jews but learned, creative Jewish professionals.