Rabbi Mark Melamut has served as Rabbi at Congregation B'nai Emunah in the outer sunset for two years. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. After moving to Vermont to appreciate the out-of-doors, he secured work in his field of study but realized that wasn’t what he was looking for. He applied to Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT, and received a Master of Arts in Religion in 2000. The seeds of the idea of becoming a rabbi were planted and he studied in Jerusalem for several years, including at Hebrew University as a visiting graduate student. He graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College on June 1, 2008.

While in rabbinical college, Rabbi Mark worked at a wide variety of venues. He was the student rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Punta Gorda, FL, for two years, and at Temple B’nai Israel in Burlington, NJ, for one. In addition, he was the Rabbinic Educator at Drexel University Hillel, creating programming to engage college students. He also has teaching experience at various grade levels and has facilitated workshops in a variety of settings. He enjoys writing, cooking, reading, movies, music, hiking, camping, biking, and traveling.