Rabbi Michael Adam Latz is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. After graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he worked at the Hillel Foundation at Stanford University. He also spent a year backpacking through Southeast Asia, East Africa and the Middle East.

After completing his studies at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, Michael was ordained as a rabbi on May 21, 2000. As a student, he served on congregations in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Temple Israel); Toronto, Ontario and Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Rabbi Latz was a contributing writer to socialaction.com and has his sermon, "The Unbinding of Isaac," selected by Sh'ma magazine as one of the 18 best sermons of 1999. During rabbinic school, he was designed as a prestigious Wexner Fellow.

Rabbi Latz has a passion for building Jewish community, politics, social justice, Jewish liturgy and ritual, and teaching students of all ages. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, reading, theater, and visiting friends and family.

From 2003-2009 he was the founding rabbi of Kol HaNeshamah in West Seattle. For three years (2000-2003), Rabbi Latz served as the first Assistant Rabbi at Temple B'nia Torah in Bellevue, Washington.

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