Sarasota News Leader
June 28, 2013
Among his student activities, he served as a
summer chaplain at Princeton Baptist Medical
Center in Birmingham, AL, and as an educator at the URJ Mitzvah Corps in New Orleans. He also interned and served as religious
school associate director at Temple Judea in
Tarzana, CA, the release points out. "His focus has long been on education, formal and
informal," the release continues; that set him
on a career path that led him to the position at
the institute.
"The Sarasota Jewish community is proud of
inspiring Matthew Dreffin to become a rabbi,"
the release adds, "and we wish him and his
wife, Erica, a hearty Mazel Tov."
JAZZ MUSICIANS TO BE FEATURED DURING SERVICE
Area musicians Don Bryn, Bob Lunergan
and John Paul Coley "will jazz up the Sunday
service at the Unitarian Universalist Church
on June 30 at 10:30 a.m., the church has announced. The public is invited.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota
is a welcoming congregation serving Sarasota
and Manatee counties, the release adds. It is
located at 3975 Fruitville Road in Sarasota.
For more information, visit www.uusarasota.
org or call 941-371-4974. %
Don Bryn/Contributed
Bob Lunergan/Contributed
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