Rabbi Joshua Ron Solomon Fixler grew up in Englewood, Colorado. In 2007 he received a B.A. in Organizational Development and Community Leadership, a program of his own design, from the University of Maryland, College Park. After college, Rabbi Fixler spent two years exploring his interests in social justice and interfaith work as a Program Coordinator at the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. He then served for three years as the Assistant Educator and Youth Director for Temple B’nai Shalom in Fairfax Station, Virginia.
Rabbi Fixler was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in May of 2017. While in rabbinical school, he served as the student rabbi at Temple B’nai Israel in High Point, North Carolina and at Beth Haverim Shir Shalom in Mahwah, New Jersey. He also completed a summer rabbinical residency at Temple Micah in Washington, DC and unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City.
Rabbi Fixler serves on the steering committees of the Houston Rabbinical Association, the Union for Reform Judaism’s Commission on Social Action, and the Religious Action Center of Texas. He is also a member of the board of directors of Religious Communities for Reproductive Choice. He is a past president of the Faith Leaders Coalition of Greater Houston.
Rabbi Fixler’s article, “Mishpatim — Stricken from the Text: Sacred Stories of Reproductive Justice” (co-authored with Rabbi Emily Langowitz) is featured in the Social Justice Torah Commentary from the CCAR Press.
Rabbi Fixler lives in Houston with his wife, Annie, and their three children.
