 RABBI MICHAEL MATUSON
Michael Matuson has been
a Rabbi in Jacksonville since 1996. He is an advocate
for social justice and recently served as Chair of the Board of
Directors of the National Conference for Community and Justice. He has served on the Board of Trustees of FRESHMINISTRIES, an ecumenical organization, and
is an advisory board member for the Mayor's Office of Faith and
Community Based Partnerships.
Rabbi actively works with HabiJax,
the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and with the Interfaith
Council of Jacksonville. Prior to coming to Jacksonville, Rabbi
Matuson was the Associate Director of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, Southeast Council and Rabbi at B'nai Zion
Congregation in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Rabbi Matuson was ordained at Hebrew Union College (HUC) in
Cincinnati and received the Zion Medal for Outstanding Achievement
in Hebrew Language and the Gittelsohn Prize in Education.
Rabbi Matuson earned a M.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) from University of
Florida, a Hebrew Education Certificate at Greenberg Teacher's
College in Jerusalem, Israel, and a B.A. (with honors) from
Monmouth College in Illinois.
Rabbi Matuson is the recipient of Honorary Degree
of Doctor of Human Letters at Louisiana State University; a Doctor of
Divinity, honoris causa, from Hebrew Union College. He also
received the Volunteer of
the Year Honoree from Volunteers of America; the Ralph Waldo Emerson
Award, and honors from the National Council of Christians and Jews. In 2003, the Rabbi Michael Matuson Professorship for
Emerging Scholars was inaugurated at Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion to support young scholars.
He has published in Reform Judaism, Jewish Monthly, and
Journal of Reform Judaism and he has appeared on "60 Minutes"
and a local interfaith television program called "Faith to
Faith." Rabbi Matuson is a native of New York and proud
father of a daughter, Rachel.
Welcome to Guest Cantor David Montefiore, Grammy Nominee Tenor!
Welcome to our new Education Director Karen Susman!
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