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Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman is the spiritual leader of Mount Sinai Synagogue in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He also serves the Laramie Jewish Community Center and teaches at Laramie County Community College. Ordained in 1984 through the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Cincinnati, Ohio), he served as Rabbi for Temple of Israel in Wilmington, North Carolina; Temple Beth Or in Everett, Washington; and Congregation House of Israel in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he was also Chaplain for Levi Hospital, Levi Hospice, and Levi Towers (B’nai B’rith) Retirement Community. Before that, he was a Director of Hillel (serving Jews on college campuses) at Tulane University, the University of Arizona, and the University of Colorado. A native of Los Angeles, Rabbi Karz-Wagman practiced for five years as an attorney, after graduating UCLA School of Law.
Rabbi Karz-Wagman’s community activism includes: organizing and teaching for Holocaust Education Committees; creating groups to celebrate diversity and fight prejudice; as well as leadership roles for -- Israel advocacy; domestic violence; interfaith education; and United Way.
His wife, Barbara, currently works for Wells Fargo Bank in Cheyenne. She previously worked in fund raising and non-profit management for American Red Cross, Arthritis Foundation, Jewish Federations, and Levi Hospital, as well as management and sales positions for Bank of America. They have two sons -- Daniel, a San Francisco based musician, audio-visual technician, and graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston; and Noah, who earned a degree in economics from the University of Washington and works in finance for a national children’s clothing company, in Seattle. Still living at home are their two dogs, Windy and Maya.
Listen to Rabbi Harley's interview about Chanukah on Laramie Live. The link is at : http://laramielive.com/laramie-live-radio-show/ Fast forward by clicking on the bar. The interview starts at about 8 minutes, just after the weather.
