Rabbi Seth F. Oppenheimer
The CCI Board of Trustees is happy to announce that Rabbi Seth Oppenheimer has agreed to provide spiritual leadership for CCI from July 2024- June 2025 by leading:
1) One Shabbat evening service per month.
2) The High Holy Day services (for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)
3) The Passover Seder in the Spring
4) Performing “life cycle” events (funerals, weddings, baby namings, Bar- and Bat-mitzvah services) depending on his availability.
We feel blessed to have someone of his caliber serve in this capacity while the Board develops a search committee to explore the possibility of finding a ‘full time’ rabbi in the future.
Rabbi Dr. Seth F. Oppenheimer was ordained in the ALEPH smicha program. He holds a BA in Mathematics from The University of Chicago and a PhD in Mathematics from The University of Texas.
In the summer of 2021, he stepped down after 14 years as spiritual leader of B’nai Israel in Columbus, MS and retired as professor emeritus of mathematics after 33 years at Mississippi State University.
He is currently Chair of Mathematics and Associate Dean for Alumni and Community Relations in the College of Science and Mathematics of Augusta University in Augusta, GA and serves on the board of OHALAH the Association of Rabbis and Cantors for Jewish Renewal and serves in other roles in national and international Jewish organizations.
