Rabbinic Leadership -

Rabbi Cathy Nemiroff

Rabbi Cathy Nemiroff has joined us as our new Rabbi and will be leading us on a part-time basis. Rabbi Nemiroff received rabbinic ordination at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in 2002. She previously completed a Master of Arts degree in Hebrew Letters at the same institute. Rabbi Nemiroff entered the rabbinate as a second career. Since graduation from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Arts, she worked first in non-profit arts administration, then technical writing and training in the private sector.

Prior to entering rabbinical school Rabbi Nemiroff pursued Jewish studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the University of Minnesota. Her passion for Jewish communal life was ignited when, as a lay leader, she helped found a new congregation, Shir Tikvah, in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. She loves teaching, communal leadership and bringing Judaism to congregants of all ages in formal and informal contexts. Particular academic interests include modern Jewish thought, ethics and responsa literature (rabbinic questions and responses).

Rabbi Nemiroff has held rabbinic positions in Florida and New York state. Prior to coming to Mt. Sinai, Rabbi Nemiroff worked as a spiritual care rabbi and chaplain at Sholom Home in St. Paul and served as a visiting rabbi to a small congregation in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

In her spare time Rabbi Nemiroff enjoys classical and Jewish music as well as many disciplines in the arts. She also enjoys spending time in the natural world, particularly the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Rabbi Emeritus:

Rabbi Dan Danson

Rabbi Dan Danson was the spiritual leader of Mt Sinai from 1988-2017. He led weekly and holiday worship services, and provided pastoral services and education to Temple members. He was the glue that held our geographically far-flung Jewish Community together. Rabbi Dan was often the public representative of our Jewish community to friends and neighbors throughout north central Wisconsin. Usually, it was Rabbi Dan who was interviewed for radio, television, and newspapers concerning local, national, and international news about Judaism and Israel.

He was an active member of local clergy and community organizations that worked to improve the lives of our citizens. His activities in the local community included serving on the Board of the Volunteer Center of Marathon County, the Wausau In-House Network, chairperson of the NAOMI Clergy Caucus, and the Institutional Review Board of Aspirus and Marshfield Clinic.

Rabbi Dan is an active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) and the Midwest Association of Reform Rabbis (MWARR), and has served on the Board of the CCAR and as Chair of its Small Cities Committee, and as President of the MWARR. In the summer, he was a faculty member at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Olin Sang Ruby camp in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

He and his wife now live in New York state.