Jonathan Jaffe is an assistant rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El. Before ordination from Hebrew Union College in 2007, Jonathan served as the Education Director for URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, redesigning the curriculum for the 1,500 camper program. He has also served as Education Director for Temple Beth Torah of Fremont. Jonathan has taught at the San Francisco Bureau of Jewish Education, Congregation Sherith Israel and has songlead throughout the area. Throughout rabbinical school, Jonathan interned at Congregation Aitz Chaim of Great Falls, Montana, and Congregation Ner Tamid of Las Vegas. He also taught at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, preparing b'nai mitzvah students. Jonathan was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received his BA in philosophy from Duke University and studied at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His rabbinic thesis was on Jewish liturgy and ritual as mythological storytelling. He lives with his wife, Yael, whom he met while studying in Jerusalem. They have recently welcomed their first daughter, Mali.