Paul Steinberg serves as both one of the associate rabbis at VBS and as the Head of the Etz Chaim Learning Center.

Paul Steinberg serves as both one of the associate rabbis at VBS and as the Head of the Etz Chaim Learning Center.

Rabbi Steinberg was raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he graduated from the University of Arizona with an award of academic distinction in Near Eastern Studies. He also holds masters degrees in both education and rabbinic studies and was ordained by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in 2004. He is currently a Doctoral Candidate in education at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Rabbi Steinberg has published several articles on Hebrew Bible and Jewish education, as well as four books including, Study Guide to Jewish Ethics (JPS, 2003) and the three-volume series Celebrating the Jewish Year (JPS, 2007 & 2009), of which one earned the 2009 National Jewish Book Award, while the others were nominated in 2007 as co-finalists.

Prior to joining VBS, Rabbi Steinberg served as Rabbi and Director of Jewish Studies and Hebrew at Levine Academy: A Solomon Schechter School in Dallas, Texas. While at Levine Academy, he also worked with other local synagogues and institutions including “ATID,” a community high school program, for which he chaired the curriculum committee, and Congregation Anshai Torah, for which he led “The Upstairs Minyan,” an alternative, monthly service.

He is married to Maureen Sweeney, an attorney, who now devotes her time to raising their three daughters Rina, Nili, and Liora.