Rabbi Marla J. Feldman

Director
Commission on Social Action

Since 2002, Rabbi Marla J. Feldman has been the director of the Commission on Social Action.  Rabbi Feldman is an accomplished spiritual leader, lawyer, writer, and activist for social justice.  She is also an accomplished author, and her articles and op-eds have appeared in Jewish publications and newspapers throughout the country.  Her modern “Midrash” has been published in the Journal of Reform Judaism, as well as in several collections.

Rabbi Feldman has led Reform congregations in Sarasota and Orlando, Florida, and she is formerly an adjunct faculty member of the University of Detroit/Mercy and the Widener University College of Law.  In addition, she has served on the boards of numerous Jewish and interfaith organizations and helped to create the Michigan Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, the Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy, and the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, the largest AIDS service organization in its area.