Rabbi-Cantor Birdie Becker: Biography, November 2024

Rabbi Birdie Becker, ordained at the Academy for Jewish Religion-CA, holds Master degrees in Rabbinic Studies, Education and Social Work and a Doctorate in Education. A Jewish educator and performer for over 40 years, she works with numerous congregations throughout Colorado and served as president of the Rocky Mountain Cantors Association for 14 years. Innovator of teaching techniques, she is the author of Conversations at the Well: Where Modern Life and Ancient Stories Meet.       

Storahteller, choreographer, and cellist for the violin-cello duo “Apples and Honey”, she is a composer and performer of folk and liturgical music. A dance teacher for 18 years, she danced with the Shelhevet Performance Troupe of Cleveland, the Denver Shibolem Israeli Folk Dance Ensemble, and has choreographed for and performed with musical theater throughout the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Regions.  

As a medical social worker, certified in Genetics and Infertility, Becker spent eleven plus years in reproductive health, serving as Director of an outpatient medical-surgical clinic and on the executive board of the CO Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Experienced in hospice and psychiatric social work, she also served as Ohio State Consultant for Volunteer Services.       

Committed to the Jewish community, she was honored by Denver B’nai B’rith for her years of administrative service (1996-2009), then returned to work as the Administrator for B’nai B’rith Colorado, 2018-2022.  She served as secretary on the Rocky Mountain Rabbinical Council VAAD for 8 years and currently serves as Rabbi for Shalom Park. Retired after twenty years of commuting to Pueblo, Becker continues to serve Temple Emanuel-Peublo as Rabbi Emerita.            

Widow of Dr. Jeffrey Becker, z'l', Rabbi Becker beams most when speaking of their adult children, Jacob (son), Rebecca (da-in-law) and Rachel (da), and granddaughter, Clara.
 


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​Shalom Park, Rabbi,  https://shalompark.org
Temple Emanuel-Pueblo, Rabbi/Cantor Emerita, M.S.W., M.Ed., M.R.S., Ph.D.    www.TempleEmanuelPueblo.net 
Life Cycle Officiant, https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/rabbi-birdie-becker-englewood/d32f58f32e253da3.html

APPLES AND HONEY, violin-cello duo. HEAR US at https://apples-and-honey.wixsite.com/music
Rabbi Birdie Becker YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsAzEcFLbAwhs63M57b1SnA  
Rabbi Birdie Becker FB:  https://www.facebook.com/RabbiBirdieBecker
Conversations at the Well: Where Modern Life and Ancient Stories Meet: AMAZON on KINDLE / paperback at www.rabbibirdiebecker.com
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