Rabbi Richard Steinberg of OC Human Relations Commissions and Congregation Shir Ha-Ma'lot (biography below) Speaks on Anti-Semitism in Orange County
Presented by Jewish Conservative Perspectives and Jewish Justice Advocates.
Hosted by Rabbi K'vod Wieder

Rabbi Richard Steinberg is the dynamic and transformative leader of Congregation Shir Ha-Ma'alot, since 2001. 

Born and raised in Northern California, Rabbi Steinberg has a varied and accomplished past. Graduating from the California State University system with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and minor in Sociology. After working for a police department for a year, he decided to focus on a different kind of law - the law of the soul. As a graduate of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he became the assistant rabbi at the historic congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Isaac M. Wise Temple - the place where Reform Judaism was founded.

The Rona Perley Memorial Senior Rabbinic Chair
Member, Central Conference of American Rabbis Board of Trustees
Member, Children's Hospital of Orange County Mental Health Advisory Board
Member, CCAR/URJ Placement Commission
Commissioner, Chair Orange County Human Relations Commission
Chaplain of the Irvine Police Department
Executive Board, Orange County Sheriff's Interfaith Religious Council
Executive Board, Aipac Orange County
Past-president, Jewish Association of Special Needs
Past-president, Orange County Board of Rabbis
He holds an MAHL; A Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters - and - Ordination as a Rabbi - and - an MFT; Master of Arts in Marital Family Therapy and is a licensed psychotherapist. He is married to Abby Rozenberg and together they have five adult children.