Rabbi Alice Dubinsky brought her spirited approach to worship to Congregation Bet Ha’am in 2000, and she has built upon the Congregation’s tradition of participatory, musical services.   A strong advocate of lifelong Jewish learning, she teaches adult education courses as well as confirmation and other classes in the Religious School, and participates in programs at Levey Day School.  She continues her own studies, including participation in a rabbinical institute in Jerusalem in July 2005.

Rabbi Dubinsky’s vision for the congregation focuses on maintaining enthusiasm for the core elements of Judaism as expressed in Pirke Avot 1:2 (“the words of our ancestors”): “the study of Torah, Worship and Acts of Loving- kindness.”  In her words:  “As a reform congregation, we believe that creativity and progress are essential to religious life; that each generation must seek to bring contemporary relevance to the beliefs and practices of our religious tradition.”

Rabbi Dubinsky is a graduate of Boston University and studied for the rabbinate at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City and Jerusalem.  She served at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco and was the Associate Director of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Pacific Southwest Council in Los Angeles before coming to Congregation Bet Ha’am.  In her URJ role, Rabbi Dubinsky advised 76 congregations and their lay and professional staff.

Rabbi Dubinsky and her husband, David, live in Falmouth with their son, Zachary, and daughter, Hannah.