Scholar in Residence

Paul Steinberg is an associate rabbi and the synagogue Senior Educator at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California.  He is also a faculty member of the Graduate School of Education at American Jewish University where he teaches Jewish philosophy.  Rabbi Steinberg holds masters degrees in both education and rabbinic studies and was ordained by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in 2004. Currently, he is working on his doctoral dissertation on the significance and development of the Bar Mitzvah at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Rabbi Steinberg has published several articles on Hebrew Bible and Jewish education, as well as four books including,Study Guide to Jewish Ethics (JPS, 2003) and the three-volume series Celebrating the Jewish Year (JPS, 2009) which earned the National Jewish Book Award.  In 2011, Rabbi Steinberg was honored by the Jewish Educators Assembly with a Conservative Jewish educator title of distinction, recognizing him as having achieved the highest professional standards within the field of Jewish education.

Prior to joining Valley Beth Shalom, Rabbi Steinberg served as Rabbi and Director of Jewish Studies and Hebrew at Levine Academy: A Solomon Schechter School in Dallas, Texas.

• Jewish Holidays
• Jewish Education
• The Bar/t Mitzvah