Clergy and Staff

Rabbi

Rabbi Marc Soloway has been Bonai Shalom’s rabbi since 2004, the same year that he was ordained at The Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies at The American Jewish University in Los Angeles. His rabbinical training spanned six years in London, Jerusalem, and Los Angeles. Before that, he was an actor and storyteller in his native London, and developed and performed a spirited one-man show of Jewish stories called The Empty Chair, as well as a show for children called The Jewish Princess and Other Stories. He was also a practitioner of complementary medicine, including massage and cranial-sacral therapy. He values dialogue and diversity and is a jubilant supporter of the chicken and goat co-op.

Rabbi Marc is engaged with many important faith-based, environmental, and justice organizations and contributions to the world community are great. He is very involved with Boulder’s rabbinic community through Haver and an active member of a local interfaith clergy group through Together Colorado.  An active participant in Limmud Conference in the UK, he served as co-chair in 1996 and 1997 and was a founding board member of Limmud Colorado in 2008.

He is also active in Hazon, America’s largest faith-based environmental organization, and he serves as the national chair of Hazon’s Rabbinical Advisory Board, as well as a member of Hazon’s Colorado Advisory Board.  This involvement has helped Bonai Shalom’s greening work, which has been recognized nationally.

Essential contributions to our world community include:

•  Summer 2011, Rabbi Marc was in Ghana as part of a Rabbinic Delegation with American Jewish World Service, volunteering with a grantee in the south of the country, rehabilitating child slaves in the region.
•  2011/2012, Rabbi Marc was a fellow of the prestigious Rabbis Without Borders program with The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in New York. He is also a graduate of the 5^th Rabbinic Cohort of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality, a two-year program for Jewish leaders in mindfulness meditation practices.
• 2012, the film A Fire in the Forest premiered in several cities. This documentary film, hosted and narrated by Rabbi Marc, traces the historical and spiritual legacy of the Baal Shem Tov.
• 2015, the film Treasure Under the Bridge premiered in several cities.  In Treasure Under the Bridge, Rabbi Marc Soloway invites us on his journey to modern-day Ukraine to visit the graves of  Hasidic Masters as he tries to establish a connection with the famous names that have so long occupied a place in his imagination. Along the way, he introduces us to the colorful characters he meets, and we get to see for ourselves the burial places of these Hasidic masters in Uman, Bratzlav, Anipol, Berditchev, Gnatovka, and Mezhibozh, as Soloway tells us stories and anecdotes of each master.

You can reach Rabbi Marc at rabbi@bonaishalom.org, or by calling the office at 303-442-6605. You can use this link to schedule an appointment with him using Calendly. Learn more about Rabbi Marc: Story: The Tree of Life, Story: The Angel of Friendship, Story: A Fire in the Forest, JDOV Talk – Breath Medicine

Executive Director

Nate Shapiro joined the Bonai Shalom family as Executive Director in August of 2025. He comes to us from Omaha, Nebraska where he served as Executive Director of Temple Israel, a Reform Synagogue, and Beth Israel, an Orthodox Synagogue, before that. Prior to managing synagogues, Nate served as Director of Development for the Jewish Federation of Omaha.

Born and raised in Wayne, Nebraska, Nate graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Go Big Red!), with a degree in English and a minor in Judaic Studies. Nate paused his college career to serve as a Lone Soldier in the IDF from 2008 - 2010. After graduation, Nate managed a group home for folks with developmental disabilities before moving to Omaha, NE to further his nonprofit administration career.

Outside of his primary career track, Nate was involved in planning the Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professional’s (YP) Summit, chairing the summit in 2019. He also served as the president of the advisory board of the Schwalb Center for Israel and Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Nate is married to the love of his life, Carly, of Dodgeville, WI, who is a registered Dietician. They have two wonderful children, Naomi (5) and Gabriel (2), and two cats, Moshe and Miriam. The Shapiro family is looking forward to taking advantage of the natural splendor of the Boulder area.

Nate and Carly enjoy playing board games, hiking, and doing yard work. They are fans of the Eurovision Song Contest and Saturday Night Live.

Naomi is into Dance and anything related to Unicorns. Gabriel is interested in airplanes, trucks, and insects.

Nate is very excited to partner with Rabbi Marc and Rav Jacob, the staff, and the lay leadership to fundraise and build the new building. He looks forward to serving the community to ensure that Bonai Shalom continues to meet and exceed the needs and desires of the membership.

You can reach Nate at Nate@bonaishalom.org