Our Clergy
RABBI CANTOR RENEE WAGHALTER
Rabbi Cantor Waghalter has served the Jewish community as a cantor since 1996, and as a Jewish educator since 1988. She was among the first to graduate from the Cantorial Internship of the Cantors Assembly program and earned her bachelor's degree in Judaic studies with honors at Brown University.
Passionate about active participation during services and in all aspects of synagogue life, Rabbi Cantor Waghalter strives to make Jewish praying, living, and learning accessible, meaningful, and joyful. She was recently ordained as a Rabbi by the faculty of The Mesifta Adath Wolkowisk Rabbinical Society of Bayside, New York.
Rabbi Cantor Waghalter grew up in Houston and became a bat mitzvah at Congregation Emanu El. She makes her home in Missouri City with her husband, Dave, and son, Zev.
Sun, February 15 2026 28 Shevat 5786