Rabbi Geri Newburge joined Temple Emanuel as assistant rabbi in July 2003.

Rabbi Geri Newburge was ordained as a rabbi in May 2003 from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Cincinnati).  She is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR).  Currently, Rabbi Newburge serves as the Associate Rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  She is involved in the local association of Reform Rabbis, acting as President for the group, and is on the Convention Committee for the CCAR.

Rabbi Newburge grew up in South Florida and graduated from the University of Miami with a B.A. in Religious Studies in 1994; then, in 1995 she moved to California to pursue a M.A. in Religion at the Claremont School of Theology.  She received her degree in May 1997.

She is married to Rabbi Eric Goldberg, who is the Director of Education at Congregation Shir Ami in Newtown, Pennsylvania.  They have a beautiful boy, Jay Bertram.

Rabbi Newburge loves to cook and bake.  She also enjoys reading, exercising, and being outdoors (but only when it’s not too cold).  Both she and her family very much enjoy living in South Jersey.