Michael Lotker

Our Community Rabbi 

Our Community Rabbi  is a guiding force for Jewish Ventura County.

Rabbi Michael Lotker is a second career rabbi having been ordained at age 55 from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in 2003.  He is a physicist who spent his first career in Alternative Energy focusing on wind, solar and geothermal energy.

Rabbi Lotker is available to support members of our community with the following services:  Baby Namings, Weddings, Funerals, and Spiritual Counseling.  He leads weekly classes on a wide variety of historical and spiritual aspects of Judaism.  He is the Chaplain for the Ventura Fire Department. 

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This program is generously sponsored by the Joel and Barbara Aaronson Affordable Living Choices Trust.

Shine a Light YouTube Series

As part of the Shine a Light national initiative, Rabbi Lotker created this multi-part series to shine a light onto the darkness that is Antisemitism during Chanukah. 

Opening Prayer at the US House of Representatives

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