Rabbi Michael Oblath has served as the leader of Congregation Beth Sholom in Anchorage for 12 years. As the oldest and largest Jewish congregation in Alaska, Congregation Beth Sholom supports one of the most primary missions of Judaism, the practice of Tikkun Olam (repair of the world). Born and raised in California, Oblath earned his doctorate degree in Ancient Near Eastern Religions from the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California at Berkeley in 2001. The father of two adult children, he retired as rabbi at Beth Shalom last month.