Sharon G. Forman

Sharon G. Forman was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, and was ordained as a Reform rabbi by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1994 in New York. A Yale University graduate, she also holds a master's degree from Columbia Teachers College. In her first official position as a rabbi, she worked in the national office of the Reform Movement in the Education Department. For nine years, she served as an associate rabbi in Manhattan's Temple Shaaray Tefila directing their religious school and expanding informal educational programs. She has specialized in teaching Bar and Bat Mitzvah students for the past decade at Westchester Reform Temple. The author of Honest Answers to Your Child's Jewish Questions (URJ Press, 2006), she contributed to The Sacred Encounter, edited by Rabbi Lisa J. Grushcow (CCAR Press, 2014). She and her family reside in Westchester, New York. Due to her mother's influence, the Cincinnati Reds are her second favorite baseball team. If any players on the New York Mets would like to come other house for seder, there is always an extra seat at the table.