Rabbi Randy Kafka is a member of the Sharon Interfaith Clergy Association and a co-founder of Sharon Interfaith Action. She was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in 2008, and earned a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Harvard University in 1989. She lives in Stoughton with her husband Alan, who is a professor of geophysics at Boston College. Their son Jacob is an animator in Brooklyn NY. Rabbi Kafka received the prestigious Boston Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education in 2016. rabbi@koltikvahsharon.org
Books by Rabbi Kafka:
A Time for Everything: More Reflections On What Really Matters
So May It Be: Reflections On What Really Matters
Bloom Where You Are Planted: A Spiritual Guide to Putting Down Roots
Check out her blog: rkafka.blogspot.com
Rabbi Kafka’s 2014 reflections on her visit to Rwanda: https://vimeo.com/99781886
Yitzi Gittlesohn is our Rabbinic Intern for 2025-2026, co-leading services and learning programs with Rabbi Kafka. Yitzi is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton. intern@koltikvahsharon.org
David Blocker, our former Cantorial Soloist and Education Director, continues to teach in our Tikvah Learning program on Wednesdays and our monthly Kids & Tots program on Sunday mornings. He also joins us for Spirit Rising services, continues b’nai mitzvah tutoring, and participates in Tikvah Teens.
Rabbis Emeriti: Rabbi H. Bruce Ehrmann z”l, Rabbi Daniel Lee Kaplan z”l, Rabbi Richard Messing