Rabbi Emeritus Gerald M. Kane, D.D., R.J.E.

Gerald M. Kane is the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth-El, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Rabbi Kane was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati in 1970. He served pulpits in Portland, Oregon, New Orleans, Louisiana, Phoenix, Arizona and Kansas City, Missouri before coming to Las Cruces in December 1998.  He retired following a distinguished thirty-seven year career in the Reform rabbinate on June 30, 2007. He continues to assist our congregation as needed.

Rabbi Kane and his wife Cyrille remain in Las Cruces. They are blessed with four children and nine grandchildren.