Michael Ragozin is Congregation Sha’are Shalom’s and Loudoun County’s first full time congregational rabbi. Rabbi Ragozin was ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and received the United Synagogue Award for Congregational Service.    He served Congregation Sha’are Shalom for two years as a Gladstein fellow prior to becoming our full time rabbi.  As such, he worked with our “emerging” congregation while at the same time serving an established congregation in White Plains, New York.

He comes to Sha’are Shalom with broad experience in leading services, conducting Torah classes, supervising food preparation as a mashgiach, promoting cultural experiences, developing community programs and integrating outdoor education with Jewish values. Michael is an enthusiastic, engaging leader, held in high esteem and affection by children, as well as the adults. 

A graduate of Claremont McKenna College, Rabbi Ragozin taught for two years in the Baltimore public schools and later worked for a technology consulting firm. He is fun loving as well as intellectual, serious and philosophical. He, his wife, Sarah, and daughter, Liora, and son, Noam, have made Leesburg their home. 

Congregation Sha’are Shalom is fortunate to have such a wise, engaging and spirited leader.

If you have any questions for Rabbi Michael Ragozin or if you would like to meet with him, please email him at rabbi@sha-areshalom.org .