Our Rabbi

Rabbi Camille Shira Angel was born in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters and ordination were from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. There she received several honors, including the Rabbi Herbert Hendel Memorial Award for Academic Excellence and the Stephen S. Wise Memorial Prize for Homiletics.

Rabbi Angel came to Congregation Sha'ar Zahav as our Rabbi in 2000.  She came to us from Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, where she served as Associate Rabbi. She was Program Director at the Claremont Colleges Hillel. Rabbi Angel has been a guest lecturer at HUC-JIR in Practical Rabbinic and a Scholar-in-Residence for Women of Reform Judaism.

Rabbi Angel has written widely on creative liturgy, Judaism and women. Her work has been published in the Journal of Psychology and Judaism, Walt Disney/Ideal Books, and other Jewish and women's magazines, as well as academic journals and books.