Rabbi Stephanie Kramer is the Senior Rabbi at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. In her previous role as Associate Rabbi at Congregation Shomrei Torah, a Reform congregation in Santa Rosa, California, Rabbi Kramer led the entire Sonoma County Jewish community with grace and dedication during the 2017 Northern California Wildfires, earning her the moniker the “Fire Rabbi.” Rabbi Kramer’s rabbinate is filled with counseling, pastoral outreach, liturgical creativity, and governance. She understands that one of the primary reasons members stay connected to their congregation – and to one another – is interpersonal relationships; and she is honored to work with families through their most joyous moments, hold their hands during their most difficult times, and help her community find deeper meaning along their journeys.

She is an innovator, collaborator, and natural connector who cultivates creative models for community-building and dynamic ways to integrate Judaism into our lives. Along with her daily pulpit responsibilities, Rabbi Kramer enjoys supporting the broader Jewish community through her work on local and national Boards and Committees, including her work on the Board of Trustees for the Central Conference of American Rabbis.

Rabbi Kramer was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and holds a master’s degree in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Houston. She is a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute, and is currently in the Clergy Leadership Incubator and in the inaugural cohort of an all-female fellowship, Voices for Good.

Rabbi Kramer’s writing has appeared in The Washington Post, eJewish Philanthropy, and The Press Democrat. She and her husband, Adam Kramer, have two children, Micah and Noa.