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Hillel “Hilly” Rubin is new to the Beth El community. He was born and raised in Carlsbad and graduated from Carlsbad HS in 2013. He grew up the Cantor’s (Kathy Robbins) son at Temple Solel. He was active in youth groups and summer camps, where he learned to songlead under Craig Parks from the age of 14. He has been serving the San Diego Jewish community as a song leader and cantorial soloist, camp counselor, youth advisor, tutor, and teacher for nearly 13 years. He has served the communities of Temple Etz Rimon, Temple Solel/Camp Simcha, Congregation Beth Israel, and continues to serve Temple Emanu-El, and Congregation Dor Hadash in addition to joining our team at Beth El. He served Camp Ramah Wisconsin in 2015 as a live-in counselor/Songleader and the SF Bay Area community as the seasonal, full-time Head Songleader at Camp Tawonga in 2017 and has returned yearly as a song/service leader for family camps and High Holy Day services. He attended Mira Costa College from 2014-2017 and transferred to San Diego State University and received a 3-year Army ROTC scholarship. In May 2020, Hilly graduated Cum Laude from SDSU with a BA in International Security and Conflict Resolution, and Spanish and simultaneously commissioned into the California Army National Guard as a Military Police Officer. In May of 2021 he graduated from the US Army Military Police Basic Officer Leadership Course, receiving Commandant’s List honors (top 20% of the class). Hilly will continue serving in the Army National Guard until at least May of 2028. As a civilian, Hilly has been working as a Technical Recruiter since June of 2021 at TEKsystems, the largest Technology Talent Services and Services company in North America, from the La Jolla-based office. He met his soul-mate/perfect match, Morganne Sigismonti at Rosh HaShanah family services (which he was leading) in 2018. Morganne is a second-year master’s student at the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara, and will graduate in June of 2022 with her MS of Environmental Science and Corporate Management. They were married in December of 2020 and have one, beautiful and crazy feline-child together named Sprout aka “Kitty”. Together they enjoy traveling to and exploring National Parks, eating Thai and Himalayan food, running, practicing yoga, and hiking.

Hillel “Hilly” Rubin is new to the Beth El community. He was born and raised in Carlsbad and graduated from Carlsbad HS in 2013. He grew up the Cantor’s (Kathy Robbins) son at Temple Solel. He was active in youth groups and summer camps, where he learned to songlead under Craig Parks from the age of 14. He has been serving the San Diego Jewish community as a song leader and cantorial soloist, camp counselor, youth advisor, tutor, and teacher for nearly 13 years. He has served the communities of Temple Etz Rimon, Temple Solel/Camp Simcha, Congregation Beth Israel, and continues to serve Temple Emanu-El, and Congregation Dor Hadash in addition to joining our team at Beth El. He served Camp Ramah Wisconsin in 2015 as a live-in counselor/Songleader and the SF Bay Area community as the seasonal, full-time Head Songleader at Camp Tawonga in 2017 and has returned yearly as a song/service leader for family camps and High Holy Day services. He attended Mira Costa College from 2014-2017 and transferred to San Diego State University and received a 3-year Army ROTC scholarship. In May 2020, Hilly graduated Cum Laude from SDSU with a BA in International Security and Conflict Resolution, and Spanish and simultaneously commissioned into the California Army National Guard as a Military Police Officer. In May of 2021 he graduated from the US Army Military Police Basic Officer Leadership Course, receiving Commandant’s List honors (top 20% of the class). Hilly will continue serving in the Army National Guard until at least May of 2028. As a civilian, Hilly has been working as a Technical Recruiter since June of 2021 at TEKsystems, the largest Technology Talent Services and Services company in North America, from the La Jolla-based office. He met his soul-mate/perfect match, Morganne Sigismonti at Rosh HaShanah family services (which he was leading) in 2018. Morganne is a second-year master’s student at the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara, and will graduate in June of 2022 with her MS of Environmental Science and Corporate Management. They were married in December of 2020 and have one, beautiful and crazy feline-child together named Sprout aka “Kitty”. Together they enjoy traveling to and exploring National Parks, eating Thai and Himalayan food, running, practicing yoga, and hiking.