Reverend David Aminia was born in Iran and moved to Israel in the mid-1960s. While there, he studied in ulpan for eight months. Rev. Aminia then emigrated to the United States and completed high school in Bolton Landing, a small town in upstate New York. He studied mathematics and computer applications at the Florida Institute of Technology.
In 1989, Rev. Aminia came to Temple Beth El to serve the congregation as Ritual Director. He studied Haftarah trope with Rabbi David Rosenfeld and Torah trope with Professor Hayim Cohen of Beer Sheva University. After serving the congregation with distinction for many years, he was honored with the title of Reverend.
Rev. Aminia is involved in all aspects of ritual life at the synagogue. He oversees the daily minyan, reads Torah, tutors B’nai mitzvah students, supervises kashrut, helps coordinate cemetery activities and tracks over 2,500 yahrzeits. His presence has been essential to ritual life at Temple Beth El for decades.
David and Sharon Aminia have been married over 50 years and have a daughter, Rachel.