Experience and formation
Rabbi Daniel Reichenbach is a Reform rabbi, Jewish educator, curriculum leader, chaplain, songleader, and creator of VisualMidrash. His work spans congregational education, music, worship, pastoral care, teaching, youth engagement, and collaborative program leadership.
CURRENT LEADERSHIP:
Larchmont Temple
Title: Assistant Director of KESHER · July 2026–Present
Managers:
• Partners with the Director of KESHER and Lifelong Learning, clergy, and staff to shape the congregation’s educational vision.
• Helps redesign the K–7 spiral curriculum and strengthen grade-to-grade continuity.
• Mentors educators and supports the daily operation of KESHER.
• Plans worship, family programs, and congregation-wide events with the clergy team.
• Builds relationships with learners, families, and educators.
Music & Education Specialist · August 2025–July 2026
• Taught Jewish studies and led tefillah across KESHER and congregational settings.
• Worked with children’s choirs and Tot Shabbat alongside clergy.
• Helped edit, direct, and facilitate Purim shpiels.
• Participated regularly in Shabbat, festival, Tot Shabbat, and High Holy Day worship.
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PASTORAL CARE
NYU Langone Health
Chaplain Intern · 2023–2024
Managers:
• Completed three units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
• Provided spiritual care in more than 1,500 encounters with patients and families facing illness, grief, trauma, and end-of-life decisions.
• Worked in interdisciplinary medical teams and served people across backgrounds and beliefs.
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RABBINIC INTERNSHIP
Hevreh of Southern Berkshires
Rabbinic Intern · 2021–2023
Managers:
• Led Shabbat and holiday worship, preached, and taught adult Torah study.
• Prepared b’nai mitzvah students and developed holiday programming.
• Led music and activities for the youth group.
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EARLIER EXPERIENCE
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
Manager: Rabbi Rena Rifkin RJE
Roles: Judaic Studies Teacher & Teen Program Coordinator · 2019–2021
• Designed curricula on Jewish identity, ethics, and contemporary Jewish life.
• Advised teen participants and built relationships with families.
NFTY in Israel
Unit Supervisor and Rosh Tefillah · Summer 2018
• Led worship and supervised more than 100 teen participants and staff.
EDUCATION
• Rabbinic Ordination, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, 2024.
• M.A., Religious Education, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, 2020.
• Experiential Educators Program, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, 2017.
• B.A., Jewish Antiquity, cum laude, Clark University, 2012.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Everett Fox
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DISTINCTIONS AND SKILLS
• Israel Defense Forces, Nahal Brigade Infantry, 2012–2014.
• Fluent Hebrew
• JDC Entwine Weitzman Fellow
• Creator, @VisualMidrash
• Artist/Sofer in training