Clergy and Staff

Rabbi Ashira Stevens
Spiritual Leader
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Rabbi Ashira Stevens was ordained at Hebrew College in June 2023.

Rabbi Stevens is originally from the Midwest and completed her undergraduate education at Indiana University in marketing and inter-national studies. After moving to Boston, she discovered her passion for learning Hebrew and anything related to Judaism. In 2005, she completed a master of arts in Jewish studies at Hebrew College, where she …

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Mindy Harris
Religious School Director
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Growing up very active in the Conservative movement in Los Angeles, Mindy began serving as High Holy Day Shacharit cantor and b’nei mitzvah tutor at Adat Ari El in North Hollywood, California, in 1991. 

​​From those early years, Mindy continued her journey as a clergy/educator in a number of synagogue communities in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts, arriving at Temple Emanu-El in 2009, where she served ...

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Ira L. Korinow, DD
Rabbi Emeritus
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Rabbi Ira L. Korinow has served as spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El since September 1981. A native of Newton, Massachusetts, he received his bachelor of arts in religion magna cum laude from Boston University and continued his studies at the Rabbinic School of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York where he received his Master of Arts in Hebrew Literature in 1976 and was ordained a rabbi in 1978. In 2003, Rabbi Korinow was …

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Lisa Anthony
Executive Administrator
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Lisa joined Temple Emanu-El in May 2022 as the executive administrator and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the temple. Lisa has a financial services background as a first-line manager with over thirty years’ experience and was previously employed at the Bank of New York Mellon in Everett, Massachusetts. After a 2019 restructure that affected Lisa’s role within the organization, she spent the next few years exploring career opportunities …

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Lynn Dreyfuss Martin
Religious School
Administrative Assistant
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Lynn Dreyfuss Martin, a past president of Temple Emanu-El,  has been a member of since 1995. Lynn took over the role of religious school administrative assistant in the summer of 2020.