Josh Mason-Barkin, MAJE/MAJCS was director of school Sservices at Torah Aura Productions from 2007 until June, 2010. He is now director of congregational learning at Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles.
He is the editor of God: Jewish Choices for Struggling With the Ultimate, and co-author (with Joel Grishaver) of Artzeinu: An Israel Encounter.
He received master of arts degrees from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Jewish education and Jewish communal service and has a BA from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin. Josh has worked at the World Union of Progressive Judaism in Jerusalem, the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles, and a number of L.A.-area congregations. He has served as a faculty member, staff trainer, and curriculum consultant at URJ Camp Newman. Josh is an active member of the National Association of Temple Educators and the Jewish Educators Association. He is married to Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin, Congregational Educator at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills.
