Rabbi Sydney Mintz was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She has served as rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco for twenty-two years and is on the board of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Justice Partnership. Rabbi Mintz was selected as a Hartman Rabbinic Fellow in 2003 by the Shalom Hartman Center and has led Team Emanu-El in the AIDS/LifeCycle. She currently serves on the 360° Advisory Council of Reimagine.