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Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn
Known For: Spiritual Leader, Congregation Tehillah
Faith: Judaism
Country: United States
About
Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn is the spiritual leader of Congregation Tehillah, a pluralistic congregation in Bronx, NY. Rabbi Shriner-Cahn is actively involved in interfaith relations.
She is a member of the interfaith Clergy Conference of Riverdale and has led interfaith programs at her current and past congregation. She has also participated in a program for seminarians at the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University. Similarly, in conjunction with Abraham’s Vision, she created a workshop for Jewish-Muslim understanding.
Rabbi Shriner-Cahn served as Associate Rabbi of Congregation Mount Sinai in Brooklyn, NY. A former president of Congregation Ansche Chesed in New York, Rabbi Shriner-Cahn held professional leadership positions at the Covenant Foundation and the Academy for Jewish Religion. She received her Rabbinic Ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion, her M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College, and her B.A. in Drama from Franklin and Marshall College.
Rabbi Shriner-Cahn enables individuals and communities to find the holy elements in the mundane. By listening and understanding to the spiritual needs of others, Rabbi Shriner-Cahn empowers people to learn and own their Jewish inheritance.
