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Rabbi Shimon Margolin

CEO, Non-Profit Organization Management

20 + years of experience in management of Jewish educational, media & religious non-profit organizations. Office phone - 415.221.5280.

Rabbi Shimon Margolin's Bio:

Rabbi Shimon Margolin was born in Ukraine – one of the republics of the former Soviet Union. His family, like any typical Soviet Jewish family, did not practice Judaism until the fall of Communism. At the age of 17, he started to attend synagogue and Judaic classes in his native city of Dnepropetrovsk and a year later enrolled himself in the Jewish Theological Seminary in Moscow. His Rabbinical education continued in Israel and the United States, where he immigrated in 1994.   Rabbi Margolin serves Russian-speaking Jewish community of San Francisco Bay Area since 1998. He began his service of Russian-speaking Jewry as an executive director of Techiah Foundation – an educational and outreach organization, charged with the mission to build Russian-speaking Jewish community & help the immigrants to reclaim their Jewish cultural heritage. The foundation conducted a wide variety of classes, workshops, lectures and community-wide events. Under the auspices of Techiah Foundation, Rabbi Margolin produced weekly Radio & TV programs and published a monthly newspaper in Russian.    In 2003, Rabbi Margolin co-founded Russian-speaking Jewish Community of San Francisco Bay Area - another non-profit organization that continues to offer the same roster of educational and outreach programs but also functions as a congregational setting for those who want to deepen their religious connection to Judaism.    In the course of his rabbinical career, Rabbi Margolin taught in Jewish Day Schools in New York and Los Angeles and served as a Judaic principal of Jewish Day School in Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine). He worked as the counselor in an overnight camp for Russian Jewish children in Israel, educational director of the Jewish overnight camp in Charkov (Ukraine) and a co-director of Jewish overnight camp in Riga (Latvia).   Rabbi Margolin has founded & directed the Menorah Jewish Day camp in San Francisco and taught in San Francisco’s Bais Menachem Yeshivah Day School for the last 5 years.   Rabbi Margolin has been an advisor/educator for numerous Jewish clubs in San Francisco’s public schools and an advisor of San Francisco’s chapter of the Bnei Brith Youth Organization. He has lead 10 group trips to Israel for 400 young adults and prepared over 80 children from Russian-Jewish families for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration.   Overall Rabbi Margolin has more than 20 years of experience as a non-profit manager & Jewish educator in various settings that include synagogues, day schools, teen clubs, young adult programs, day camps & overnight camps.  Rabbi Margolin is fluent in Russian, English and Hebrew.  

Rabbi Shimon Margolin's Experience:

  • CEO at Russian-speaking Jewish Community of SF Bay Area

    January 2003 - Present | San Francisco, CA

    Management & oversight of congregational activities, chaplaincy, day camp for children, Hebrew School, teen, adult education & young adults outreach programs. Conducting of all Jewish life cycle events, educational leadership of trips to Israel, development of educational curriculum & materials, magazine publishing. All aspects of fundraising: direct mail, events, grant writing.

  • Director of Operations and Education at Jewish Student Union - Jewish Clubs in Public Schools

    September 2006 - June 2008 | San Francisco, CA

    Initiated and maintained the operations of 4 Jewish Clubs in San Francisco & Burlingame Public High Schools. Provided informal experiental education to over 100 Jewish High School students on the weekly basis. Organized weekend reteats, trips and other educational experiences for the members of the clubs. Raised funds and created partnerships with other Jewish agencies that serve the same constituency. Formulated and implemented the PR strategy to introduce the JSU educational & engagement model to the Bay Area

  • CEO at Techiah Foundation

    October 1997 - November 2002 | San Francisco

    Creation and oversight of food pantry, voter/civic education, immigrant rights advocacy and teen employment programs. Production of concerts and fundraising events, publishing of monthly magazine, production of weekly radio and TV shows. Direct mail and face-to-face donor solicitation

  • Program Director, Young Adult Division at Chabad Russian Synagogue & Community Center

    August 1995 - August 1997 | Los Angeles, CA

    Seminars, lectures, weekly classses, special events & weekend retreats for young adults

  • Co-Director at Camp Gan Israel of Latvia

    July 1994 - August 1994 | Yurmala, Latvia

    Management & oversight of all overnight camp functions. The camp was serving more than 100 Jewish children from all over Latvia

  • Director of Jewish Education at "Gan Israel" Overnight Camp

    June 1994 - July 1994 | Kharkov, Ukraine

    Creation and management of of informal and formal Jewish education in the camp serving more than 150 Jewish children in Southeastern Ukraine. Curriculum development, teacher training, program evaluation

  • Principal at "Mesivta Ohr Levi Yitzchok" Jewish Day School

    September 1993 - June 1994 | Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

    Headmaster of Jewish Day School serving over 120 students with advanced level of Judaic studies, math & physics

Rabbi Shimon Margolin's Education:

  • Rabbinical College of America

    1994 – 1995
    Advanced Rabbinical Studies
    Concentration: Rabbinic Ordination Prep Course

  • "Tomchei Tmimim" Rabbinical Seminary, Israel

    1992 – 1993
    Advanced Rabbinical/Talmudic Sudies
    Concentration: Talmud, Jewish Law, Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah

  • Central Jewish Theological Seminary of Russia

    1990 – 1992
    Hebrew Bible, Jewish Law & Talmud Sudies
    Concentration: Jewish Communal & Educational Leadership Course

Rabbi Shimon Margolin's Interests & Activities:

High Tech innovations, martial arts, biking, health and nutrition




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