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Rabbi Jason Holtz

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Rabbi Jason Holtz serves as the senior rabbi of Temple Kehillat Chaim in Roswell, Georgia. He is passionate about building a synagogue community that is both spiritually vibrant and welcoming to people from all backgrounds. With a commitment to Reform Jewish values, he seeks to create a Judaism that is intellectually honest, emotionally resonant, and rooted in our shared tradition.


At the heart of Rabbi Holtz’s rabbinate is a love of teaching and learning. At Temple Kehillat Chaim, he regularly teaches both children and adults, including a weekly Wednesday afternoon course on a variety of Jewish topics and an Introduction to Judaism course. Beyond the synagogue, he teaches at Senior Enriched Learning (SEL) in Roswell, where past classes have included How a Rabbi Reads Genesis and A History of Big Ideas that Changed the World. Whether in the sanctuary, classroom, or community setting, his teaching seeks to make Jewish wisdom accessible, thought-provoking, and deeply relevant to people’s lives. His sermons and classes often weave together classical sources, modern philosophy, and contemporary experiences, creating opportunities for reflection and growth while honoring the diversity of perspectives within the congregation.


Rabbi Holtz was ordained at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and has previously served congregations in Arizona and the United Kingdom. He is active in the Atlanta Rabbinic Association, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and serves on the board of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta.


When he’s not at synagogue, Rabbi Holtz enjoys golf, photography, and riding his Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. He also loves cooking and spending time with his family.

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Sep 13, 20266 min
"Not Born That Way" Rosh Hashanah Sermon on 9/11's 25th Anniversary
Here’s one of the things that really struck me in the days, weeks and months that followed - how very different people could be from one another. The most extreme examples were the hijackers who were ready to die so that they could murder other people that they had never met before, and then the firefighters that raced towards the towers, towards the danger to do the opposite - to save people that they had never met before. The stark contrast between villain and hero is rarely made so cleanly

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Sep 13, 20267 min
"Irreplaceable" Rosh Hashanah Sermon on AI and the Human Soul
When a human king mints a coin, they're exactly alike. Not so when God mints a person — we're all in the image of Adam, yet each unique. When I want to spend time with my wife, my kids, my friends, I don't want just any human being, and I don't want a computer. I want those specific people. We can mean more to each other than a computer ever could, because we offer our unique souls.

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Sep 1, 20261 min
Atlanta Jewish Times Features Rabbi Jason Holtz on Rosh Hashanah
We can’t let our Judaism just be in response to whatever is happening on the news. As I write this, it’s the middle of the month of Elul, the period leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So being Jewish “today” means being a Jew entering the High Holy Days. It is a time to reflect on who we’ve been and who we want to be, as Jews and as people. May our reflections and our answers to those questions lead us to a good year ahead. Shanah Tovah.

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