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Rabbi Joshua Boettiger has served as the rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Bennington, Vermont, since 2006. In addition to his work at Beth El, Rabbi Boettiger has been active in the larger interfaith community in Bennington and beyond. He is the coordinator for the Jewish Council of Public Affairs’ Jewish Justice Initiative in Vermont, and also currently serves as the chair of the Bennington Interfaith Council. He is a board member of Rabbis for Human Rights–North America, and teaches on a range of subjects in the greater Southern Vermont region, including Poetry, Modern Jewish Thought, Biblical Hebrew, and Jewish Meditation. Rabbi Boettiger previously served as student rabbi at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism in Manhattan, at Mishkan Ha’am in Hastings, New York, and has worked as a chaplain in New York City and Philadelphia.   
 
 Rabbi Boettiger, who received his ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in June 2006, also continues to work as a timber-framer and builder of ritual structures. He is a 1996 graduate of Bard College.
 
 Rabbi Boettiger is married to Rabbi Vanessa Boettiger. They live in Shaftsbury, Vermont.

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