Rabbi Joseph is the founder of S.I.M.C.H.A., a Jewish special needs organization which continues to serve children with special needs in the Greater Philadelphia area. She was a consultant on the UAHC publication, AL PI DARCO, a resource booklet for Jewish children becoming Bar or Bat Mitzvah. She is currently the co-chair of the CCAR Committee on Disability Awareness and Inclusion and a member of the URJ Ruderman Initiative.
Rabbi Joseph was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in June, 1995. She received her Masters of Arts in Hebrew Literature from HUC-JIR in May, 1994. She holds a Master of Arts in Secondary Education from Lehigh University, 1979 with a specialty in special needs. Rabbi Joseph also holds a teaching degree in English and is a Reading Specialist. She and her husband Saul have just celebrated their 39th anniversary. They are the proud parents of three daughters and a son-in-law, Shayna, 35, Samantha, 34, and Lauren, 31 along with her husband of two years, Roi Edelstein and a beautiful one year old grandson, Matan.
Sessions in which Shira Joseph participates
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Worship
Shira Joseph, Congregation Shaaray Shalom (Participant)
Matan Koch (Participant)
Ben Spratt, Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Participant)
Edythe Mencher LCSW, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant)
Rebecca Dubowe, Moses Montefiore Temple (Participant)
Cantor Faryn Kates Rudnick, Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, IL (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Meeting
Shira Joseph, Congregation Shaaray Shalom (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman
Workshop
Rebecca Dubowe, Moses Montefiore Temple (Participant)
Shira Joseph, Congregation Shaaray Shalom (Participant)
Cantor Faryn Kates Rudnick, Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, IL (Participant)
Matan Koch (Participant)
Ben Spratt, Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Participant)
Edythe Mencher LCSW, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant)