Rabbi Rick Kellner
Rabbi Rick Kellner has served as the senior rabbi and spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Columbus Ohio since July of 2011. Rabbi Kellner was ordained as a rabbi in May 2007 at the Los Angeles campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion where he also received Masters degrees in Hebrew Letters and Jewish Education. Rabbi Kellner is active in B.R.E.A.D (Building Responsibility Equality and Dignity) an interfaith justice organization in Columbus. He currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Ohio Religious Action Center a statewide movement for Reform Jews to seek justice on the state level, and as the Chair of Continuing Rabbinic Education for the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Rabbi Kellner believes that Judaism can be experienced through the values of Joy, Community, Meaning and Impact. He believes in a community that is built on relationships. It is through our relationships with each other and the congregation in which we create a stronger sense of community.
Rabbi Kellner grew up in New York and attended the University at Albany. He lives in Columbus, OH with his wife and two daughters.
