Rabbi Eliot J. Baskin, D.Min. DD. served as the Associate Rabbi at Temple Emanuel Denver.
Previously he served for twenty years as Denver's Jewish Community
Chaplain and the Rabbinic Director of Rafael: Spiritual Healing Center as part
of Jewish Family Service of Colorado. He served as past President of the Rocky Mountain Rabbinic Council.
He enjoys volunteering for the Denver Police Chaplains' Unit and United States Secret Service,
and leading Jewish holiday services for Cruise Lines and recently, in Suriname, Myanmar, Guatemala, Taiwan and Bali.
He graduated from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985. He wrote his thesis on
"The Development of Progressive Judaism in Australia" after serving
liberal congregations in New Zealand and Australia as a student rabbi.
Following ordination he served as the Jewish chaplain at the Mayo Clinic where
he completed a residency in Clinical Pastoral education. He previously
served congregations in Rochester, Minnesota, Fort Collins, Colorado,
Glastonbury, Connecticut, Evergreen, Colorado and Durango, Colorado.
As he sees relationship to be at the heart of his rabbinate,
he became the first rabbi to earn the Doctor of Ministry degree in
Pastoral Care and Counseling in 1993 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion in New York where he did his demonstration project in the
use of Sacred Stories for Patients with AIDS.
Originally from Toronto, Rabbi Baskin makes his home in
the land of elk and honey with his wife, Hilary, an orthodontist, where they
practice "brachas (blessings) and braces." They are blessed with two grown sons,
Jonah and Gabriel who share their passion for skiing, hiking,
biking, magic, theatre and travel--and of course, everything Jewish!
Previously he served for twenty years as Denver's Jewish Community
Chaplain and the Rabbinic Director of Rafael: Spiritual Healing Center as part
of Jewish Family Service of Colorado. He served as past President of the Rocky Mountain Rabbinic Council.
He enjoys volunteering for the Denver Police Chaplains' Unit and United States Secret Service,
and leading Jewish holiday services for Cruise Lines and recently, in Suriname, Myanmar, Guatemala, Taiwan and Bali.
He graduated from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985. He wrote his thesis on
"The Development of Progressive Judaism in Australia" after serving
liberal congregations in New Zealand and Australia as a student rabbi.
Following ordination he served as the Jewish chaplain at the Mayo Clinic where
he completed a residency in Clinical Pastoral education. He previously
served congregations in Rochester, Minnesota, Fort Collins, Colorado,
Glastonbury, Connecticut, Evergreen, Colorado and Durango, Colorado.
As he sees relationship to be at the heart of his rabbinate,
he became the first rabbi to earn the Doctor of Ministry degree in
Pastoral Care and Counseling in 1993 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion in New York where he did his demonstration project in the
use of Sacred Stories for Patients with AIDS.
Originally from Toronto, Rabbi Baskin makes his home in
the land of elk and honey with his wife, Hilary, an orthodontist, where they
practice "brachas (blessings) and braces." They are blessed with two grown sons,
Jonah and Gabriel who share their passion for skiing, hiking,
biking, magic, theatre and travel--and of course, everything Jewish!