Rabbi Jon Prosnit

Rabbi

Rabbi Jon joined Temple Beth El in 2024 after serving for 12 years as part of the rabbinical team at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, California. Originally from New York, he earned his bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and was ordained by the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. As a rabbinical student, he worked in East Liverpool, Ohio; Melbourne, Australia; The Village Temple in Manhattan; and Temple Micah in Washington, D.C. He likes to be outdoors and loves to play golf, tennis, and basketball. He also enjoys travel, hiking, skiing, reading, and juggling, and his favorite holiday is Sukkot. Rabbi Prosnit is married to Erin Gleeson, who is an artist and cookbook author of the Forest Feast cookbook series. They have two sons and a daughter.