Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin has been the spiritual leader of Am Yisrael since 1994.  She is a popular Jewish teacher and speaker who loves teaching people of all ages. Rabbi Newman Kamin serves on the Chancellor's Cabinet of the Jewish Theological Seminary, the seminary that trains and ordains Conservative rabbis. She is also a member of The Executive Council of the Rabbinical Assembly and was President of the Chicago Chapter of the Rabbinical Assembly (2004-06). She currently serves as the Financial Secretary of the National Rabbinical Assembly and was selected to participate in the prestigious Hartman Institute program.