Prior to coming to Temple Sinai, Rabbi Segal received his B.A. from Rice University in May 1986. In 1988, after two years with R.H. Macy & Co, Rabbi Segal became the Assistant Director of Youth and Camping for the Reform Movement's Southwest Council. He began his rabbinical studies at HUC-JIR in the summer of 1991, earned his M.A. in Hebrew Letters in 1995 and was ordained as a rabbi in June 1996. During his academic tenure at HUC-JIR, Rabbi Segal served student congregations in Texarkana, TX, Dubuque, IA and Pine Bluff, AR.

In addition to his service to Temple Sinai, Rabbi Segal is active in the greater Atlanta Jewish and interfaith communities. Currently, he chairs the Sandy Springs Interfaith Clergy Association and serves on the board of the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta. Rabbi Segal is also active on the board of the Atlanta chapter of the American Jewish Committee, where he recently completed a term as Vice President of Interreligious Affairs. Regionally, Rabbi Segal serves as Secretary of the Southeast Association of Reform Rabbis and is active on the Convention Planning Committee for the Central Conference of American Rabbis.

Some of Rabbi Segal's recent involvement in the greater Atlanta community includes serving as co-chair of a Jewish/Presbyterian dialogue group for Atlanta rabbis and ministers as well as a co-chair and leader of a summer 2005 interfaith World Pilgrims trip to Jerusalem. Rabbi Segal is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2003) and was a participant in the inaugural class of Atlanta's Faith in the City Leadership Institute. He is a past board member and active participant with both the Atlanta Rabbinical Association and the URJ Camp Coleman Judaic Advisory Committee. Rabbi Segal teaches in a variety of synagogue and community settings including the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School. In 1998, Rabbi Segal initiated and coordinated a training course for Reform mohelim to serve the greater Atlanta Jewish community.

Rabbi Ron Segal was born and raised in Houston, TX and surrounding areas. He and his wife, Jill, are the parents of two sons, Adam and Benjamin.

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Following his graduation, Rabbi Levenberg moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he served Temple Israel as a full-time Youth Director- one of only thirteen in the movement at the time. Rabbi Levenberg spent three years in Columbus, building a youth program and developing his passion for youth work. It was while serving at Temple Israel that Rabbi Levenberg re-met an old acquaintance from his NFTY days, Rebecca Sarko. The two were married in October 2000.

In 2001, Rabbi Levenberg began the five-year HUC-JIR program. During his studies, he served as Rabbinic Intern at B'nai Jeshurun in Franklin Lakes, NJ, and as student rabbi at Beth Sholom Temple in Fredericksburg, VA. From 2004-2006, Rabbi Levenberg served as the Rabbinic Intern of The Valley Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. His Rabbinic thesis is titled: A Sociological Understanding of the Development of the Reform Jewish Community in America as Illustrated through the Bar/Bat Mitzvah .

In 2005, Rabbi Bradley Levenberg and Rebecca welcomed their daughter, Ilana Bethany, into the world and have very much enjoyed loving her (and making her smile) ever since.

In July 2006, Rabbi Levenberg joined the clergy at Temple Sinai as Assistant Rabbi.

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A recipient of a Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Rabbi Perry was also awarded the HUC-JIR Raphael Memorial Prize for Outstanding Service to a Small Congregation. She was also named as a fellow of the Kavod Tzedakah Collective. During the last three summers, she has worked as Assistant Camp Director for Nosaya Day Camp for the Stephen S. Wise Temple, as a rabbinic intern at the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs in Chicago and as a chaplain at Childrens' Hospital in Los Angeles.

Elana Perry grew up in Huntington Woods, Michigan. Her passion for Judaism was first sparked by many summers spent as a camper at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and continued to develop through active involvement in her local Reform synagogue and youth group. She served as the Regional Membership Vice-President and Regional President of the NFTY-Michigan Region.

In 2001, Rabbi Perry graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Religion. While at Duke, she was a university community service programming coordinator recognized for creative and successful student outreach to the Durham community. In addition, as a crew leader for Project W.I.L.D. (Wilderness Initiatives for Learning at Duke), she taught classes on leadership development, group dynamics, self-awareness, effective communication and wilderness ethics as well as leading low-impact backpacking trips in the Pisgah National Forest. She continued her involvement with Reform Judaism as a summer camp counselor, Avodah unit head and aquatics director at the Goldman Union Camp Institute outside Indianapolis, IN.

Following college graduation, Rabbi Perry was selected as an Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the URJ Religious Action Center in Washington, D.C. There, reflecting her special interest in social justice issues, she monitored Federal legislation, represented the Reform Jewish movement on Capitol Hill and in coalitions and planned educational programs for high school students who participated in social justice advocacy conferences. Together with former colleagues at the RAC, she is a founder of the One Percent Foundation, aimed at enhancing philanthropic participation among young professionals.

Rabbi Perry is happily married to her college sweetheart, Craig Perry. They are both thrilled to be a part of the Temple Sinai community.

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