Join Us! Installation Weekend for Rabbi Thal
Welcome to Bet Shalom Congregation, Rabbi Thal! It’s exciting to have you as a member of our clergy. Of course your Bio is already on our website. Let’s introduce you to our readers in greater depth through this interview.
Please tell us about your family in St. Louis and your own history there.
I grew up in St. Louis in a close family who are very involved in the Jewish community. My parents, Mark and Marci, and my brother Ben still live there along with my grandma, aunt and uncle and many cousins. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of sitting around the Shabbat table at my grandparents house, celebrating holidays with my family and dancing around the living room to Debbie Friedman music.
Parts of my Dad’s family go way back in St. Louis, at least five generations that I know of including the people still there. My mom grew up in Chicago, so we spent a lot of time there when my brother and I were younger….
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