Rabbi Dr. Geoffrey J. Haber is a Clinical Psychospiritual Education Supervisor-Educator & Spiritual Care Practitioner at North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a psychotherapist in private practice with Steps2Better Health Wellness Clinic. He is also Coordinator of Jewish Faith Formation & Adjunct Faculty in Psychotherapy for the Masters in Psychospiritual Studies at Knox College in the Toronto School of Theology at the University of Toronto.
Until his retirement in 2024, he was Director of Spiritual Care at Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, one of the world’s leading research hospitals with a focus on the aging brain. Prior to Baycrest Rabbi Haber served as chaplain at Hospice of the North Shore and Greater Boston concurrently with Seasons Hospice. He also served as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy Reserve Chaplain Corps for 12 years, until his Honorable Discharge in 2022. For close to 30 years prior, he served in the congregational rabbinate with distinction in the field of pastoral care, youth and adult education, and religious and spiritual leadership. He was also a regular contributor to Jewish newspapers, as well as the “Homiletics” and “The American Rabbi” journals, and authored five books.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rabbi Geoffrey J. Haber attended the Joint Program of Columbia University (BA, cum laude) and The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (BA, “with distinction”) in New York, NY. He continued his studies at The Jewish Theological Seminary’s Rabbinical School (Conservative) where he received a Master of Arts degree, was Ordained and, later, received a Doctor of Divinity degree (Honoris Causa). Rabbi Haber went on to receive his Orthodox Ordination from Rabbi Asher Turin (Yeshiva Ahavas Torah VaChesed) in Toronto, ON. Rabbi Haber earned his Doctor of Ministry Degree in Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Rabbi Haber is a Board Certified Chaplain through both Neshama: The Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC) and the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC). He is a Clinical Psychospiritual Education (CPE) Supervisor-Educator (CASC & ACPE) and also a psychotherapist registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).
Rabbi Haber is affiliated with Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC), the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC/ACSS), and the Military Chaplains Association-USA (MCA), as well as the Toronto Board of Rabbis. Rabbi Haber is Past Chair of the Ontario Central & Northwest Region of CASC, and Past Chair of the Certification Commission of the NAJC. Rabbi Haber is listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in America (2008) and Who’s Who in the World (2010).
