Rabbi David Curiel

Rabbi David Curiel, Assistant Director of the AOP Hashpa’ah Training Program

Rabbi David (he/him) carries smicha as Rabbi andMashpia Ruchani from the AOP and is a member of Spiritual Directors International. He has studied at Hebrew College, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, and the Shalom Hartman Institute. Rabbi David has led prayer and meditation and nourished souls for over a dozen years, including at Asiyah, the community he co-founded and led for five years in Somerville, MA as well as with Nava Tehila in Jerusalem and Romemu in Manhattan. He has sat multiple vipassana retreats with various teachers at the Insight Meditation Society, as well as with Rabbi Alan Lew, z”l, and Rabbi David Cooper, z”l. Currently, Rabbi David teaches and counsels private clients, assists Rabbi Nadya Gross in Yerusha’s Secrets My Grandmother Told Me: A Wisdom School, and serves as adjunct faculty at Hebrew College. Rabbi David also holds a BA degree from the University of Michigan, an MBA from Indiana University, and is certified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), a body-based trauma healing modality.