Steven Gotlib is Director of JET Ottawa's Capital Jewish Experience and Interim Rabbi at the Young Israel of Ottawa. He was previously Assistant Rabbi of the Village Shul, an avreich at Beit Midrash Zichron Dov of Toronto, and head of the Beit Midrash Program at Congregation Shearith Israel: New York City's historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. A graduate of Rutgers University, Rabbi Gotlib received rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, a Certificate in Mental Health Counseling from the Ferkauf School of Psychology in partnership with RIETS, and a START Certificate in Spiritual Entrepreneurship from the Glean Network in partnership with Columbia Business School. He can be reached at sgotlib@jetottawa.ca.