 Husbands @-@ Hankin has had four assistant or associate rabbis working with him . Shoshana <unk> joined Temple Beth Israel in 1998 as interim rabbi when Husbands @-@ <unk> went on a sabbatical ; Jonathan Seidel was assistant rabbi from 2001 to 2003 . Maurice Harris , a 2003 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College , joined as assistant rabbi in 2003 . He is one of the <unk> of The Open Letter Concerning Religion and Science From American Rabbis , part of the Clergy Letter Project which " encourages and embraces the teaching of evolution in schools " . In 2011 , Boris Dolin joined the congregation as its newest associate rabbi . 
