^{A NATIVE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, RABBI BONNIE IS CURRENTLY THE RABBI AT BETH HAGIVOTH AND HAVURAT EMET, AND ON THE STAFF AT TEMPLE CHAI}.  ^{A GRADUATE OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBINICAL COLLEGE, RABBI KOPPELL HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN RELIGION FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY}.  ^{HER B.A. IS FROM BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, MAGNA CUM LAUDE WITH HIGH HONORS IN PHILOSOPHY. SHE RECEIVED A DOCTOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE IN 2005. RABBI KOPPELL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO BE ORDAINED AS A RABBI IN THE UNITED STATES.}

          ^{RABBI KOPPELL ALSO SERVES AS A MILITARY CHAPLAIN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE.  SHE CURRENTLY HOLDS THE RANK OF FULL COLONEL.  THE FIRST FEMALE JEWISH CHAPLAIN IN THE U.S. MILITARY, RABBI KOPPELL WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED COMMAND CHAPLAIN OF THE 63RD REGIONAL SUPPORT COMMAND.  SHE HAS RECEIVED MANY MILITARY AWARDS, INCLUDING TWO MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS, TWO ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS, AN ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, AND FOUR ARMY PHYSICAL FITNESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS.  SHE SERVED A YEAR OF ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE, AND WAS AWARDED THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEDAL FOR HER SERVICE IN IRAQ IN THE SPRING OF 2005.  SHE RETURNED IN JANUARY OF 2006 FROM A VISIT WITH JEWISH SERVICEMEMBERS IN KUWAIT AND AFGHANISTAN, AND SPENT PASSOVER 2006 IN IRAQ}.

          ^{RABBI KOPPELL IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.  SHE  HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE EAST VALLEY CHILD CRISIS CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF RABBIS OF GREATER PHOENIX, AS WELL AS THE MESA ECUMENICAL CLERGY ASSOCIATION.  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF MESA’S AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ETHICS WHICH DRAFTED AN ETHICS CODE FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ADVISORY BOARDS, AND SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICE AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL.   RABBI KOPPELL IS A MEMBER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBINICAL ASSOCIATION’S ETHICS COMMITTEE.}

          ^{RABBI KOPPELL HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS "OUTSTANDING YOUNG LEADER OF THE YEAR" FOR THE CITY OF MESA, AND IS A RECIPIENT OF THE MESA MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION'S "SPIRIT OF UNITY" AWARD.  SHE IS LISTED IN "WHO'S WHO IN RELIGION" AND RECEIVED THE "CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS" AWARD FROM IMPACT FOR ENTERPRISING WOMEN.  ARIZONA CACTUS PINE GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL RECOGNIZED RABBI KOPPELL AS THE 1997 WINNER OF THE “WORLD OF PEOPLE” AWARD.  IN 1999 SHE WAS GRAND MARSHAL OF THE CITY OF MESA VETERAN’S DAY PARADE.  IN 2004 RABBI KOPPELL WAS HONORED AS “WOMAN OF THE YEAR” FOR THE CITY OF MESA}.

          ^{RABBI KOPPELL'S WRITINGS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN NUMEROUS BOOKS AND JOURNALS, AND SHE IS A FREQUENT NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST.  SHE IS MARRIED TO DAVID RUBENSTEIN, AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ASTROLOGER, AND IS THE MOTHER OF TWO GROWN DAUGHTERS, JESSIE AND SARAH.}