Rabbi Jonah Layman, Shaare Tefila Congregation, Silver Spring, Maryland

Jonah Layman was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in May 1989. He served Temple Beth El in Lowell, Mass., from 1989-1994 and has been serving Shaare Tefila Congregation in Olney, Md., since August 1994.

Jonah was president of the Washington/Baltimore region of the Rabbinical Assembly and currently serves as co-chair of the Rabbinical Assembly’s Social Action Committee. Jonah is also currently the president of the Washington Board of Rabbis. He is married to Lenore Layman and has four children.

Click here to read Jonah Layman’s blog. Read this post on the Hartman blog from Jonah Layman’s comments on his participation in a telephone conference call with President Obama in late August 2009 on the health care reform proposal.