- Served as Senior Rabbi to the only full service Conservative synagogue in Birmingham, Alabama
- Provided pastoral care for a multi-age community including births, deaths, illness, celebrations and life changes
- Helped to stabilize a shrinking membership reversing the trend with new growth in several age groups
- Partnered with lay leadership to create lay led services and to coordinate lay Torah readers facilitating the smooth operation of Shabbat services
- Taught Adult Education courses in Bible, Mishna, and Liturgy, in classroom, lunch and learn, and seminar settings
- Initiated new interfaith Bible class at University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) Hospital in conjunction with hospital chaplains
- Organized program for local conversion candidates and helped other congregations facilitate conversions in synagogue mikvah
- Designed Scholar in Residence programs
- Worked with Executive Director to format new synagogue website
- Collaborated with Task Force to improve Shabbat programming
- Reworked Family Erev Shabbat service to include more participation by attendees
- Assisted synagogue officers to balance synagogue budget and address past deficits
- Established fundraising program to increase donations from major givers
- Raised profile of congregation in the community by work at JCC, Clergy Association, AIPAC, Israel Bonds, Mercaz USA, social action and social justice organizations in Greater Birmingham
- Reconciled different factions within the synagogue so all groups could work together for the advancement of Temple Beth-El