Believing the essential meaning of rabbi is “teacher,” Rabbi Pamela Gottfried (she/her) teaches at The Weber School, where she strives to help individual students reach their potential. Since her rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, she has taught students of all ages in churches, colleges, community centers, mosques, retreat centers, schools, summer camps, and synagogues. As an artist, she often incorporates creative expression and message-driven art in her teaching of teens and adults.

A strong proponent of pluralism and innovation, Gottfried is a board member of Bayit, a collaborative community of clergy, liturgists, artists and educators that is committed to creating tools for Jewish life in the 21st century. She is an alumna of Clal's Rabbis Without Borders and LEAP fellowships, and a member of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and the Clergy Advisory Group at MACoM: Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah. Deeply committed to social justice, Gottfried is an activist and volunteer in the LGBTQ community, working with SOJOURN and Georgia Equality, as well as an advocate for environmental justice, serving as an advisory board member and volunteer with the Jewish Climate Action Network of Georgia (JCAN-GA), a project of Georgia Interfaith Power & Light (GIPL).

Gottfried is the author of Found in Translation: Common Words of Uncommon Wisdom, and is currently working on a collection of creative nonfiction that includes stories and poems about her more than 25 years as a parent and rabbi.