Rabbi Tziona Szajman

Rabbi Tziona Szajman has been Temple Israel’s spiritual leader since June 2007.

Since arriving in Vestal, Rabbi Szajman has brought to Temple Israel the Lay Leadership Torah Trope Training, Young Family Programming, including our monthly Pray and Play, and weekly Talmud Torah classes for adults.

Rabbi Szajman is co-founder of the Broome County Interfaith Clergy Association and a leader in the Children of Abraham Interfaith Project.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Rabbi Szajman is a graduate of McGill University and The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.  She has long been involved in Jewish Environmental Awareness and has served on the boards of COEJL and HAZON.

Rabbi Szajman is currently working to raise awareness of the genocide and slavery in Sudan.  (American Jewish World Service)  In April 2007, she brought 17 churches, synagogues and mosques together to host Simon Deng, escaped slave from Sudan, at an evening of education at Temple Israel.

Rabbi Szajman and her husband Tim live in Vestal and enjoy stained glass, bicycling and cooking for shabbos guests.