Rabbi Allen Maller

Rabbi Allen Maller became the spiritual leader of our congregation in 1967. He retired to emeritus status in July, 2006 after 39 years of devoted service..

Rabbi Maller is a graduate of UCLA and the Hebrew Union College. He has taught at Gratz College in Philadelphia, the Hebrew Union College and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, and at the UCLA Extension. Rabbi Maller is Past President of the Southern California Association of Reform Rabbis and is now President of the National Jewish Hospitality Committee.

Rabbi Maller has also published many articles on Jewish Sociology and Education in popular magazines, both Jewish and Christian. Rabbi Maller has also published original research in scholarly journals (Jewish Social Studies, Judaism.) He is the author of Tikunay Nefashot a moving and meaningful High Holy Day machzor that has been used at Temple Akiba and other congregations for several years, several books of children's short stories, and a popular account of Jewish Mysticism entitled, "God, Sex and Kabbalah."