Rabbi Paula Feldstein was ordained by HUC-JIR in 1993 at the New York campus. She has served as a congregational rabbi at North Shore Congregation Israel, in Glencoe, Illinois, and at Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts where her focus was education. In 2001 she became the first Reform rabbi to serve as a synagogue's director of early childhood education.

After many years of leading Tot Shabbat she edited The Tot Shabbat Handbook: A Practical Guide for Engaging Young Families in Congregational Life (URJ Books and Music) in 2010. She is blessed to be the parent, teacher and student of special needs children.

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