Rabbi Adam M. Wright has served Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham since 2019. Under his leadership, Temple Emanu-El has strengthened its role as a center of Jewish excellence. He has led major initiatives in worship, education, philanthropy, and community engagement — from reimagining Shabbat and holiday services, read more

Cantor Robby Wittner, Engel Cantorial Chair, is from Washington Heights in New York City. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Hamilton College. He attended the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at HUC-JIR, earning a Master in Sacred Music. After his first year was spent in Israel, he moved back to New York, read more

Rabbi Emeritus Jonathan Miller provided enthusiastic leadership for Temple Emanu-El from winter 1991 to summer 2017. Previously, he served as a rabbi at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles and Temple Shalom in Auckland, New Zealand. Rabbi Miller was ordained in 1982 at the New York Campus read more