Our Rabbi
Rabbi Pinchas Allouche is the founding Rabbi of Congregation Beth Tefillah and the founding dean and spiritual leader of the Nishmat Adin High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he resides with his wife, Esther, and ten children. He is a respected rabbinic figure, a renowned lecturer, and a prominent author of many essays on the Jewish faith, mysticism, and social-criticism.
Besides his academic pedigree, Rabbi Allouche is richly-cultural, having lived in France, where he was born, South Africa and Israel. He is also fluent in English, Hebrew, French and Italian.
Rabbi Allouche is a member of AIPAC's National Council, and a member of the Vaad Harabanim, the Orthodox Rabbinic Council of Arizona.
Rabbi Allouche's wise, profound, and sensitive perspective on the world and its people, on life and living, is highly regarded and sought-after by communities and individuals of all backgrounds. Rabbi Allouche is also tremendously involved in the Jewish community of Greater Phoenix, and he teaches middle-school Judaics at the local Jewish Day School.
Rabbi Allouche is also a blogger for many online publications including the Huffington Post, and The Times of Israel. Rabbi Allouche was listed in the Jewish Daily Forward as one of America's 36 Most Inspiring Rabbis, who are "shaping 21st Century Judaism."
Rabbi Allouche can be reached at: Rabbi@BethTefillahAZ.org
To learn more about Rabbi Allouche, please visit his website at: www.RabbiAllouche.org
In 2013, Rabbi Allouche was listed in the Forward as one of
America's 36 Most Inspiring Rabbis, who are
"Shaping 21st Century Judaism."
CLICK BELOW to hear our Rabbi's Presentation at the Arizona State University's Sandra O'Connor College of Law, on the subject: "Can Peace Be Achieved in the Middle East?"
CLICK BELOW to see our Rabbi's Lecture to 500,000 Jews during the 2013 Global Day of Jewish Learning.
CLICK BELOW & SEE RABBI ALLOUCHE FEATURED on the TLC CHANNEL, officiating at a Jewish Wedding.
CLICK BELOW & SEE RABBI ALLOUCHE interviewing his mentor, world-scholar RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ, during our 3rd annual GALA in January, 2014.
Watch interview with Rachelle Fraenkel - CBT's 4th Annual Gala, January 2015
For samples of Rabbi Allouche's nationally and internationally-published essays, articles, and interviews, click on any of the links below:
- The Question Still Left Unanswered - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- Where Does Israel Go From Here? - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- From Slavery To Freedom - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- Where G-d Resides - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- On Being Free - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- "I Have A Dream" - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- The Key To Joy - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- The Yearning For Leadership - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- The Ultimate Question - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- When does life begin? - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- The Penetrating Eyes of Israel - Jewish Website
- The Sudden Death Of A Friend - Jewish Website
- Why Judaism Is Not Confined To Spirituality - Jewish Website
- Love, with Respect, Is All You Need - Jewish Website
- Their Legacy, Our Destiny: Reflections on the Mumbai Massacre - Jewish Website
- Toward An Eternal Marriage - Image Magazine
- Re-defining Religion - The Algemeiner Journal, The Fastest Growing Jewish Paper in the US
- Heeding The Call - The Algemeiner Journal, The Fastest Growing Jewish Paper in the US
- When Selfishness is Healthy - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- When Hope Is But An Illusion - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- The Question for Our Age - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- The Tiger Woods Saga & its Jewish Lesson - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- Heeding the Cry of the Unborn - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- Rescuing Religion From Its Reputation - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- Unity Within Community - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- The Campaign That Never Ends - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- Why We Love Drama, and What To Do About It -the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- An 'Ordinary' Encounter With The Divine - the Jewish Press, America's Largest Jewish Weekly
- Building Bridges, Not Walls - The Jewish Daily Forward
- CHOOSING LIFE: A Response - The HUFFINGTON POST
- Heed the Call - Developing a Sense Of Hearing To Life - The HUFFINGTON POST
- Searching For A New Way Together - The HUFFINGTON POST
- Western Wall Clashes - The HUFFINGTON POST
- Who Am I: Your Real Face(book) - The HUFFINGTON POST
- All The Lonely People: The Power Of Community - The HUFFINGTON POST
- In Faith And Courage - the Jerusalem Post, Israel's Best-Selling English Daily
- Why Do We Sign For Things? - Interview on NPR.org (play to listen)
- The Rebbe & Me: A Tribute to the Lubavitcher Rebbe - The HUFFINGTON POST
- A Different Type of Independence - The HUFFINGTON POST
- Why 340 Rabbis Erred - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
- Who Am I? Your Real Face(book): A Rosh Hashanah Message - The HUFFINGTON POST