About

Clergy and Staff

Inspire

  • Rabbi

    Rabbi Michelle Pearlman is the glue of our congregation. Members join Beth Chaim because of her magnetism, wisdom, approachability, sharp intellect, ability to deeply care, and propensity to work (and overwork) to make our congregation a sacred place. Beth Chaim faces challenges and has risen to every crisis because of her insistence on showing up with ruach (spirit) and integrity. She has helped us enhance BCRC as a place of learning, where we weave Judaism, our civil duties, social justice, and our Jewish values together and apply them to everything we do. Rabbi Pearlman has helped us understand the importance of participating routinely within the Reform Movement's more extensive world. She has helped us become who we are now and helps us keep visioning for an even better future within our neighborhood and beyond.

    She would love to meet you in person!

Educate

  • Interim Director of Religious School

    Sherrie began serving in the role of Education Director for our Religious School beginning on June 1st, 2017. Prior to Beth Chaim, Sherrie served as the Education Director for a suburban Philadelphia congregation where she helped lead the religious school through two innovative systematic changes. Sherrie also served as an Education Director for another local congregation as well as a Director of Youth and Membership Services. Sherrie received her B.A. in Psychology with a focus on developmental adolescent psychology from Temple University and received her M.A. in Jewish Education, Administration from Gratz College. In addition to her work with Beth Chaim, Sherrie serves as the Bux-Mont Kehillah Coordinator, is on the Principal’s Council for Jewish Learning Venture, is a member of the Jewish Educator’s Assembly as well as the Delaware Valley Jewish Educator’s Assembly. We are truly blessed to have found Sherrie and welcome her to our Beth Chaim community.

Spread Joy

  • Cantorial Singer

    Denise Moser has been the guitar-playing Cantorial Singer at Beth Chaim for fifteen years. It started with "Ani Maamin". The synagogue’s former rabbi, Rabbi Marjorie Yudkin, was looking for someone to sing this piece during a Holocaust Remembrance Day service, and a colleague recommended Denise. A spark was lit that day, and over the years the relationship between Denise and the congregation has expanded and deepened.

    Denise sings our Shabbat evening and High Holiday services. She has written music that has become part of our Shabbat experience, as well as a song for the building of our beautiful Synagogue. She leads and treasures our choir, and is immensely proud of them. Denise is hired by bar/bat mitzvah families to sing during their special services.

    Denise is also a singer/songwriter, creative writing workshop facilitator, and writer of custom songs for others that reflect what is in their hearts. Songs from her two CDs, Bright Side Up and Here Right Now, have been played on over eighty radio stations, including WXPN in Philadelphia. She is currently writing for her third album of original contemporary folk music. She would love for you to visit her website:

    http://www.denisemosermusic.com.

Connect

  • Executive Administrator

    Robin Resnick is the connector, the doer, and the core of Beth Chaim. she is the first face and voice that visitors, members, and contractors will interact with at Beth Chaim. Without Robin, we would be full of great ideas but none of them would come to fruition. She is the multitasking superwoman who keeps us organized and keeps us on task. On top of all of that, she is kind, smart, eager, a fast learner, generous, and fun to be around!

Encourage

  • Teen Educator

    Emma is the Teen Educator here at Beth Chaim. While she went to school for technical theater, she's always had a passion for Jewish Education, from co-leading a Jewish Girl Scout Troop for many years prior to coming to Beth Chaim to jumping in as Gesher Director at 6 Points Creative Arts Academy for Summer 2023.

    When not working at Beth Chaim, she likes to play D&D with her friends and family and take her dog on walks and rides. She's also a passionate seamstress and artist, always finding ways to incorporate arts and crafts into her work.

Embrace

  • Assistant and Songleader

    Stevie Kollin is the assistant and songleader at Beth Chaim Reform Congregation. In their role at Beth Chaim, Stevie offers a helping hand to both synagogue staff and members and creates meaningful musical spaces as a songleader for services, holidays, and the teen academy.

    Outside their position at Beth Chaim, Stevie is a student at Haverford College obtaining a degree in Sociology and Gender/Sexuality studies. They have been an active leader in the Jewish community of Metro Detroit where they grew up and in the Philly area, their second home. Stevie is passionate about social justice and music, and you can find them as the lead singer and keyboard player in their college band. They are a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community with a love for bringing together Jewish and queer rituals. After graduating college in December 2023, Stevie hopes to attend rabbinical school and become a rabbi.