Lisa Eiduson

Rabbi Lisa Eiduson, Ed.D. was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in a family that has always valued religion, education, culture, and the arts. After graduating from Boston University where she studied with Elie Wiesel, she received a Master’s degree and rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Eiduson has served as a congregational rabbi at Reform synagogues in Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts.

Rabbi Eiduson serves as an adjunct professor at Emerson College. In addition to teaching and serving as the Interim Director of the Center for Spiritual Life at Emerson College, she has faculty appointments at Boston College and Northeastern University. She has served as the Interim Director of the Center for Spiritual Life since 2024.

Rabbi Eiduson is currently a rabbi and member of the clergy team at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland, MA. Rabbi Eiduson earned her doctorate from Northeastern University in Organizational Leadership Studies, where her dissertation was on the intersection of shared leadership and spiritual leadership in a professional synagogue staff team.