Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips...

Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips holds master's degrees in social work and public health, and has served as a chaplain and educator in a range of acute and long-term care, hospice and community settings. She was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion, the transdenominational rabbinical and cantorial seminary in New York City where she now serves as adjunct faculty, teaching in the areas of applied ethics and professional skills.

Rabbi Sandler-Phillips has previously served pulpits in New Hampshire, on Long Island, and in nearby Astoria. She works primarily through Ways of Peace Consulting and Educational Services, offering spiritual counseling and direction, support for life cycle transitions, planning and technical assistance, interfaith guidance, mediation services, ritual skills training, and related educational programming. She is completing the manuscript for her book SACRED UNDERTAKING: Jewish Acts of Kindness with the Living and the Dead.

Rabbi Sandler-Phillips was honored for her work in the post-9/11 disaster relief—along with the chief rabbinic chaplains of the NYC Police and Fire Departments—at the 2002 General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities / Federation of North America. Her work has also been featured in The Jewish Week, The Forward, and Newsday.