Rabbi Rose Durbin ("Rabbi Rose") grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, where she learned the value of authentic friendliness and inclusion in forming meaningful Jewish community. Rabbi Rose took the mitzvah "love the stranger, for you were once strangers" to heart from an early age. She has always prioritized tikkun olam (healing our world) and tzedakah as an essential part of her Jewish identity, beginning by serving as a unit head at Camp Jenny during her youth group days. She continued volunteering regularly throughout her time at Brown University, mentoring a local student as a "big sister" each week. During her her rabbinical student days in New York (as a classmate of Rabbi Yaron!), she served as an educator at the weekly HUC Soup Kitchen, and she helped build latrines in Senegal as part of an AJWS delegation.

Following her ordination, she became the rabbi of historic Knesseth Israel Synagogue in Gloversville, NY, and empowered the community to begin volunteering at local soup kitchens. Rabbi Rose has extensive leadership experience working with young adults, most recently serving for five years as the Campus Rabbi for Florida Atlantic University Hillel, where she taught classes such as "Civic Involvement and Activism: a Jewish obligation," and led several "Mitzvote" campaigns encouraging students to vote. Her favorite effort towards tikkun olam has been dancing as a "Martin County Star" in front of 600 people while 6 months pregnant, and raising $15,000 for prenatal care in Martin County. These days, you can find Rabbi Rose reguarly calling her elected officials and asking them to ban assault rifles and provide safe reproductive care and anti-Racism education in public schools. Rabbi Rose lives in Palm City with her husband, Rabbi Matthew Durbin (Temple Beit HaYam), their opinionated and spirited daughters, Delilah, Maya and Ellie, and energetic goldendoodle Ruby. In her free time, she is a voracious reader, rollerblader, new Peloton rider, and binge watcher of the Bachelorette, Schitt's Creek, and everything non-violent that's trending on Netflix. Rabbi Rose is very happy to be back at Temple Judea to work with this amazing community and inspiring profesional team!