Rabbi Debra J. Robbins

Rabbi Debra Robbins has served Temple Emanu-El since 1991 and is currently closely involved with efforts to shine the light on emotional and spiritual well-being of our community, engage new and longtime members in synagogue life, and teach adults as part of the TE150 anniversary celebration. Rabbi Robbins officiates at lifecycle events, leads worship services, provides pastoral care and partners on a variety of special projects and initiatives with staff and lay leaders.

Outside of Temple, Rabbi Robbins has served on the board of Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas and Family Gateway and was a member of the City of Dallas Ethics Reform Task Force. She served as President of Reading Village, a non-profit organization working in Guatemala to help teens become leaders through literacy. She is working on certification with the American Red Cross to do chaplaincy work in emergency situations.

Rabbi Robbins is the author of Opening Your Heart with Psalm 27:A Spiritual Practice for the Jewish New Year published in 2019 and will publish her second book in December 2023, New Each Day: A Spiritual Practice for Reading Psalms (both with CCAR Press).

Rabbi Robbins is married to Larry S. Robins, President and CEO of PediPlace in Lewisville, and their son, Sam, an avid mountain biker, lives and works in Denver, Colorado. She treasures time reading (especially historical fiction) and relaxing by the tidal marsh in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Contact Rabbi Robbins’ assistant, Jennifer Dietz, at jdietz@tedallas.org.