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About Me
Rabbi Dr. Chaim Tureff is the founder and director of STARS (Spiritual Teachings and Recovery Service), guiding individuals through addiction recovery with a spiritual foundation. A graduate with Honors in History from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Master’s in Elementary Education from Columbia University, he brings a deep academic and pedagogical background to his work.
He received his rabbinical ordination (semicha) from Rav Dan Channen in Jerusalem and is an alumnus of the Darchei Noam and the Rabbinical Collage of America Dr. Tureff earned his Ed.D in Jewish Education from Gratz College with High Honors, receiving the L. Bernard Rabinowitz Memorial Award for his focus on how Judaism and spirituality empower the recovery journey.
"Clark Kent never admits to being Superman, and Tureff, who is at least 6-foot-4, teaches Torah-infused tae kwon do and hapkido classes at a studio on Wilshire Boulevard and competed in two different sports at the collegiate level, is similarly reluctant to talk about the charity he does in and beyond the Jewish community."
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