Clergy
Rabbi Caroline Sim
In 2023, Rabbi Sim joined the Temple Am Echad community as our spiritual leader. She previously served as Director of Rabbinic Services at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, providing spiritual leadership to congregations across thirteen states without full-time clergy.
Rabbi Caroline Sim is dedicated to cultivating meaningful connections and deepening Jewish learning and understanding across diverse communities.
She holds degrees from Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati, and received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati.
Cantorial Soloist Elana Bell
Elana Bell joined Temple Am Echad in 2025. She is a freelance mezzo-soprano and teacher based in Brooklyn. She previously served as a cantorial soloist at Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati, where she also taught Hebrew reading and tutored B’nai Mitzvah students.
As a classical singer, she has performed with the American Modern Opera Company, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Aspen Music Festival, Sarasota Opera, Tanglewood Music Center, and Des Moines Metro Opera, among others. She completed her musical training at the Yale School of Music, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory, and she also holds a B.A. in Art History from Oberlin College.
Outside of music, she is an avid birder and enjoys arts and crafts of all sorts.