Meet PSC’s Clergy and Staff: Guiding Our Community
Rabbi Doron Shapira
Rabbi Doron Shapira is our Cantor and Interim Rabbi. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and raised in San Francisco. He has been involved as a singer and percussionist in Jewish music since 1968. This is his 44th year working in all facets of Jewish education in the Bay Area. Doron served as Cantor at Peninsula Sinai Congregation since 1994. He is the proud recipient of the Helen Diller Family Award for Excellence in Jewish Education in the field of congregational and supplementary education. Doron received his rabbinic ordination in 2024 from the Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary. He is a member of the Northern California Board of Rabbis. It is his privilege to serve PSC members’ pastoral and life-cycle needs, as well as develop PSC’s programming, education, Jewish music, and ruach (spirit), for both adults and children throughout the year! Rabbi Doron and his wife Jocelyn have three children—sons Elijah & Eitan and daughter Yael.
Yedida Kanfer, Ph.D.
Yedida Kanfer is our Education Director and Rabbinic Intern. She has been in love with Jewish learning and ritual since her childhood, living in Israel, Canada, NY, and Columbus, Ohio. In Columbus, Yedida went to an Orthodox synagogue and day school, where she helped to start the first girl’s basketball team. At the same time, Yedida studied Torah reading with her mother, who led a women’s tefillah group. Yedida attended Barnard College, spent a year in Moscow on a Fulbright Fellowship, and received her PhD from Yale University in Russian, East European, and Jewish history. She subsequently worked at the JFCS Holocaust Center in San Francisco, serving families, teens, adults, and Holocaust survivors. At the Holocaust Center, Yedida discovered her commitment to social responsibility and the Jewish community. Yedida entered rabbinical school in 2022, with the dream of becoming a pulpit rabbi. She is currently a fourth-year student at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California. In her spare time, Yedida enjoys watching sports (especially baseball), playing with her dog Gabi, identifying birds in Foster City, and reading whodunits. She feels so fortunate to serve the PSC community, where her family was first welcomed as congregants over 10 years ago. Yedida’s goal is for children to feel at home at PSC, and for each individual to feel valued – wherever they happen to be in their life journeys.
Rabbi Marvin Goodman
Rabbi Marvin Goodman is our Rabbi Emeritus. He was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1975. He studied at the seminary after having earned his BA from Indiana University in 1970. From 1975-1988 he was the Executive Director of the Northern California Region of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, as well as the Regional United Synagogue Youth Director. From 1988-2007, he was the Rabbi of Peninsula Sinai Congregation. Upon his retirement as Peninsula Sinai Congregation’s Rabbi, he became Peninsula Sinai Congregation’s Rabbi Emeritus. From 2007 through 2017, he served as the Executive Director of the Northern CA Board of Rabbis and the Rabbi-in-Residence of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation. Since retiring in 2017, he has become actively involved in a variety of social justice volunteer efforts. His current involvement includes being on the Steering Committee of CA Interfaith Power & Light, an organization whose work is centered on climate change issues. Additionally, he is a San Mateo/San Francisco County Master Gardener. As a Master Gardener he is working with a team that is focused on encouraging home gardeners to grow extra vegetables in their gardens and donate to local food pantries so that more people have access to fresh produce. Rabbi Goodman and his wife Debbie Kelman have two daughters–Naomi and Rena. Rena is married to Jonathan Mizrahi and they have a son, Ayden.
Inbal Avida
Inbal Avida is our Office Administrator. She was born and raised in Israel and now lives with her family in the Peninsula. She is married to Jonathan, and together they have three daughters—all of whom attend Wornick Jewish Day School. Early in her career, Inbal served for six years as an Operations Officer in the Israeli Air Force, where she developed strong leadership and coordination skills. She later earned a law degree and went on to build a diverse career in high-tech, with a special focus on community-building.
Since moving to the Bay Area, Inbal co-founded a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening ties between the Israeli and American Jewish communities.
In her spare time, Inbal enjoys creative writing. She published her novel a few years ago and is currently working on a fantasy series for young readers. She loves connecting with new people, sharing stories, and looks forward to bringing warmth, creativity, and energy to the PSC community.
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