Rabbi Y. Kliel Rose was born in Israel and raised in Winnipeg. On October 9, 2026, he began an exciting new chapter as Senior Rabbi of Kehillat Beth Israel (KBI), where he looks forward to building meaningful relationships, deepening Jewish life, and helping shape a vibrant and inclusive future for the community.
Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2004, Rabbi Rose began his rabbinic career as a Rabbinic Fellow at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in New York City. Over more than two decades of rabbinic leadership in Canada and the United States, he has championed spiritually engaging worship, lifelong Jewish learning, social justice, multifaith dialogue, and Indigenous rights. He is passionate about creating communities where people of all generations can find connection, purpose, and a deep sense of belonging.
Rabbi Rose is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly and co-led its Progressive Zionist Affinity Group. He has served on the boards of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and MERCAZ Canada and participated in the Kellogg Jewish Leaders Circle, the Clergy Leadership Incubator, and the Hadar Institute Rabbinic Fellowship. In 2022, he earned a Certificate in Spiritual Counseling from Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles. He has also served on the City of Winnipeg’s Multifaith and Cultural Liaison Circle, appointed by the mayor.
Rabbi Rose brings to KBI a deep commitment to pastoral care, inspiring teaching, and the ongoing renewal of Jewish communal life. He is excited to make Ottawa his home and to work alongside KBI’s clergy, leadership, and congregants to nurture a community rooted in tradition, animated by curiosity, and guided by Jewish values.
He is married to Rabbinit Dorit Kosmin, and together they are the proud parents of five children and two canine children.
Email Rabbi Rose or call 613-728-3501 ext. 222.
“The Chazzan is much more than a performer of music. We are artists, healers, and teachers. Our mission is to be modern-day “kohanim” – opening a channel and creating a container for profound heart-expanding interface with higher consciousness. We do this in the spiritual wilderness of the contemporary era. Our tools are the liturgy, the musical tradition, our voices, our imaginations, and our souls.”
– Chazzan Jack Kessler, zTz”l
A native of Montreal, Canada, Cantor Green (lyric tenor) began singing at age 6 as a child soprano in his Synagogue’s choir. He became its conductor at age 15, under the tutelage of Stephen Glass. He continued his vocal development and knowledge of repertoire by joining the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir in 1992, soon afterwards becoming its associate conductor.
Cantor Green holds a diploma in Nusach Hat’filah (Prayer modes) and Chazanut (Cantorial Art) from the London School of Jewish Studies, having studied primarily with Cantor Stephen Robins. He studied voice production with Cantor Jerome Kopmar and Robert Davis. He was certified in January of 2007 as a member of the Cantors Assembly, the world’s largest professional organization of Cantors. In 2011, Cantor Green received his Cantorial Commission from the Cantors Assembly.
Since 2004, Cantor Green has held cantorial positions in the United States, and most recently, in London, England. Cantor Green is known for a caring and inspiring approach to B’nei Mitzvah training and adult education, his professional-quality volunteer adult and youth choirs, his warm and engaging personality, and his sense of humour. Cantor Green has proudly served KBI since May 2018, and is actively pursuing Rabbinic S’michah at the Academy for Jewish Religion while he devotedly serves KBI. He is married to Jodi and they have three wonderful sons.
You can find a YouTube playlist of Cantor Green’s/KBI’s virtual music videos here.
Email Cantor Green or call 613-728-3501 ext. 239.