Rachel Timoner

Rabbi Rachel Timoner serves as Associate Rabbi at Leo Baeck Temple, a 650-household congregation in Los Angeles, where her focus is on social justice, spiritual life, and lifelong learning. She was born in Miami, Florida, received a B.A. from Yale University, and was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow and received numerous honors. From 1991 to 2004 she worked with social justice non-profit organizations, was named an Unsung Hero by KQED (PBS) and a Next Generation Leadership Fellow by the Rockefeller Foundation, and received the Do Something award for community service. Breath of Life is her first book.