Our Rabbis

Rabbi Miriam Hyman

Before beginning her studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Rabbi Hyman earned a BA in Biology at SUNY-Binghamton and an M.A. in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In her capacity as an educator she taught Jewish Studies in a variety of settings, helped found a Jewish Family Education program in Rhode Island, and served as Education Director at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, CA. While attending RRC, Rabbi Hyman has also served as the High Holy Day cantor at Congregation Tiferes, B'nai Israel in Warrington, PA. and as bar/bat mitzvah coordinator, teacher and Jewish family educator at the Germantown Jewish Centre in Philadelphia, PA.

Rabbi Hyman is married to Rabbi Michael Fessler with whom she shares her position as rabbi of Congregation B'nai Tikvah-Beth Israel. Rabbis Hyman and Fessler are the parents of Ariella, Raphael, and Tamar.