3 5 ▁of ▁syn agog ue ▁members ▁ 3 5 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁and ▁older , ▁when ▁his ▁re forms ▁to ▁the ▁lit ur gy ▁and ▁lo osen ing ▁of ▁the ▁dress ▁code ▁were ▁not ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁some ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁con greg ation . ▁He ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁Senior ▁Rab bi ▁Har vey ▁T att el baum , ▁who ▁led ▁the ▁syn agog ue ▁for ▁three ▁dec ades , ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁when ▁he ▁became ▁Rab bi ▁Emer it us . ▁ ▁Rab bi ▁Jonathan ▁Stein ▁became ▁Senior ▁Rab bi ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁served ▁until ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁Senior ▁Rab bi ▁of ▁both ▁Cong reg ation ▁Beth ▁Israel ▁of ▁San ▁Diego ▁and ▁Indian apolis ▁Heb rew ▁Cong reg ation . ▁He ▁also ▁became ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁Conference ▁of ▁American ▁R abb is ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁for ▁a ▁two - year ▁term . ▁As ▁President , ▁he ▁led ▁the ▁principal ▁organization ▁of ▁Reform ▁rabb is ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Canada . ▁Following ▁Rab bi ▁Stein ' s ▁ret irement ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Trust ees ▁appointed ▁Rab bi ▁Deb or ah ▁Hir sch ▁as ▁the ▁Inter im ▁Senior ▁Rab bi , ▁while ▁the ▁Board ▁searched ▁for ▁a ▁senior ▁ra bbi ▁replacement . ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁con greg ation