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Rabbi Max Chaiken

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Rabbi Max Chaiken was ordained in 2018 at HUC-JIR in Los Angeles, and has served congregations in various capacities since. They recently began in a chaplaincy residency at a major hospital in New Jersey where they live.

An avid guitar player, singer, and writer, Rabbi Max facilitates musical, participatory worship, teaches an extensive range of courses for learners of all ages, and offers a creative and pastoral presence to the communities they serve. If you'd like to know more about their work or would like to request a custom portfolio of selected recordings or lesson plans, please be in touch!

Selected Torah Commentaries

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Selected Poetry

In addition to writing music, Max often poems or short readings that interpret themes and motifs from Jewish tradition and prayer.

I do not know (in memory of George Floyd z'l)

Mah Rabu (created with Adult B'nai Mitzvah students)

May the One (adapted from Chaim Stern June 2020)

Rosh Hashanah Hineini 2023

Holocaust Yizkor Memorial Reading - An Alphabet of Woe

Music & Teaching

Before beginning their rabbinic studies, Max spent several years singing, praying, and teaching students in synagogue religious schools and Jewish day schools. They've taught everything from Hebrew and prayer to second grade science and spelling, and love learning with people of all ages.

Music was one of the first ways Max connected with Judaism and several of their original compositions have been published through Transcontinental Music. Their most well known song is Eliyahu Hanavi which you can hear below and was recently re-published in the Shireinu II Anthology. 

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