Rabbi Lisa Bellows  Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows, ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1998, has served Congregation Beth Am since 2001. Before entering rabbinical school, she earned a Masters of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Masters of Arts degree in Divinity from the University of Chicago. In January 2009, she will complete the Rabbinic Leadership Program at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. She serves on the Advisory Council to the Chicago Jewish Healing Network and facilitates a monthly 12 Step Torah group at Beth Am. Rabbi Bellows believes that Torah lives in our hearts and mind through our actions and mitzvoth we do to bring goodness into this world. God can be discovered and felt in acts of love and kindness, in study, worship and in quiet moments when we pause to recognize that our very breath is holy and that holiness is embedded in each one of us. Born and raised in Chicago, Rabbi Bellows lives in Glenview with her husband Kyle and their three children, Gabi, Lucy and Nathan.       Click on mailbox to email Rabbi Bellows