“Judaism: On One Foot”

A brief introduction to the history, values, beliefs, and practices of the Jewish faith and people.

Rabbi Mathew Marko serves as senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel of Greenville, SC.  He hails from Brooklyn NY, went the undergrad in Florida, spent several years in Israel, and survived 20 years in Los Angeles.  His career adventures have included acting professionally at the Hippodrome State Theatre in Florida, various theaters in New York City, and The Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, development and fundraising, and the proprietor of a fine carpentry and custom furniture shop in Los Angeles. This is all precedent to realizing his calling: Torah, Jewish community, spiritual modernism and activism, and social justice. 

Rabbi Matt holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Performance from the University of Florida at Gainesville with a minor in Hebrew.  He earned his Master of Arts in Rabbinic Literature and rabbinic ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. 

Rabbi Matt’s other interests include scuba diving (he is a certified instructor), free fall sky diving, motorcycling, playing music, traveling the world, bicycling, and being a creative kosher chef of international cuisine (what he dubs “kosher treiff”).

Rabbi Matt owes his success to the support of his best friend and wife Marie.