Clergy & Senior Staff
Rabbi Brent Gutmann He was born in Westchester, New York and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He is an alumnus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2013, where he received a Masters in Hebrew Letters along with Rabbinic Ordination. |
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Mark Hayman, Executive Director
Born in Buffalo and raised at TBZ, Mark comes to us from the Meadowmount School of Music on Lake Champlain and previously from Young Concert Artists in New York City where he served both organizations as Executive Director. |
In July 2024, we welcome Cantor Susan Lewis Friedman At a special Temple Beth Zion Congregational Meeting on March 5, congregants approved the hiring of Cantor Susan Lewis Friedman for Cantor following a national search. Cantor Friedman has served as Cantor for congregations in suburban Chicago since 2015, most recently at Temple Jeremiah. She invigorated the Adult and Jr. Choirs in each congregation, instituted lay musical participation during worship, created and directed a teen a cappella choir, and led the lay leadership in creation of Purim Schpiels and other musical events. |