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 geophysict. 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 Gittelsohn 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.
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