Rabbi Nati Faber

Rabbi Nati Faber will begin serving as the Rabbi of Temple Beth El of Patchogue in September 2026.

Originally from Southfield, Michigan, Rabbi Faber brings a multifaceted background in Jewish education, communal leadership, and service. He served in the Israel Defense Forces as a Social Welfare NCO for the Haredi Brigades, supporting soldiers and strengthening unit wellbeing. He then continued his professional and academic journey in Israel. He studied education with a focus on Jewish Studies and ESL instruction at Jacob Herzog Teacher's College and received Rabbinic Ordination from World Mizrachi. He went on to spend five years as a teacher and Jewish educator, teaching Biblical Studies, Talmudic Studies, and English, and serving as Program Director in a range of Jewish camp settings. Before coming to Patchogue, he served as a youth director and as a substitute rabbi for pulpits in New York City.

Rabbi Faber's years living and learning in Israel have given him a grounded, firsthand knowledge of the lived realities of the region. He is committed to peace, and that commitment is rooted in experience rather than abstraction. It reflects a broader passion for helping others and strengthening communities.

Rabbi Faber is committed to building an open and inclusive congregation, one where longtime members and newcomers alike find a place at the table. He believes that tradition and modern life are not competing claims but partners: that the practices carried forward for generations still speak directly to the questions people are living with now. His approach to worship is welcoming and participatory, meant to draw in a Jewish community of varied backgrounds, observance, and familiarity. Above all, he hopes to reinvigorate a living connection to our faith and heritage.

Jewish education stands at the center of that vision. Rabbi Faber teaches Torah as a living thing — a tree of life, as our tradition names it, whose roots run deep into the generations behind us and whose branches are still putting out new growth. He is committed to serious learning at every age, believing that a Jew is never finished with Torah, and that Torah is never finished with us.

Rabbi Faber is joined in Patchogue by his partner, Elior.

He is available to meet with both congregants and visitors for spiritual counseling and religious guidance. His door is open, and he looks forward to knowing this community well.

דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם וְכָל־נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם

"Deracheha darchei noam v'chol netivoteha shalom"

"Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."
Proverbs 3:17