Rabbi Marshal Klaven

Rabbi Marshal Klaven is the spiritual leader of Congregation B'nai Israel in Galveston, Texas. He was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.

Torrah and Kippah
B'shalach

Miriam’s Song

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus
This Shabbat is known as Shabbat Shirah, "Sabbath of Song," because on it we read/chant the epic poem, Shirat HaYam, "Song at the Sea," contained in the Torah portion B'shalach. The musical/poetic nature of the sabbath is compounded with the haftarah portion including Shirat D'vorah, "Song of Deborah" within the
Jews and Tattos
RJ Magazine

Building Bridges

Rabbi Marshal Klaven
I am a rabbi, proud to affirm my love of Judaism…on my skin. I got my first tattoo at age 16 after returning from a high school program in Israel. I decided to avow my place among my people Israel by tattooing a small Star of David with a dove