"My daughter and future son-in-law come from two different Jewish backgrounds. They were struggling with their comfort levels of Jewish tradition to incorporate into their marriage ceremony and married lives. I knew Rabbi Kula through friends and immediately thought he was the perfect balance for them—he could help find common language and an approach to their joined lives giving them a path to the greatest joy. The wedding ceremony and lessons Rabbi Kula incorporated into their time together was everything both families and our children dreamed for—love, tradition, humor, flexibility, reframing of ways to look at life and Jewish practice—it was perfect. Absolutely perfect. R. Fischer
- Rebecca Fisher
"Rabbi Mark Kula went above and beyond for my son’s bar mitzvah - making the training fun. Also, I appreciate how he takes a moment to explain the prayers - often relating them to events in his life - making the prayers meaningful. He is truly a special person."
- Louise Allen
"We were married by Rabbi Kula in October 2017, and could not have been happier. While we live in New York City, and Rabbi Kula is based in Florida, he was generous enough to chat with us over Skype on several occasions to get to know us, talk about our wedding and explain each of the meaningful traditions we would incorporate into our ceremony.
We come from different Jewish backgrounds; Danielle grew up attending Orthodox Jewish Day School, and Mat grew up Reform. Yet we were drawn to Rabbi Kula’s warmth, humor and his explanations of Jewish law and traditions. He had the ability to connect our respective backgrounds and experiences to help us find collective and personal meaning in our wedding ceremony, and as we began our lives together. After each Skype session, we felt assured we were in the best hands.
On the day of our wedding, Rabbi Kula led an intimate, thoughtful and personal tisch, ketubah signing and wedding ceremony. The day felt perfectly tailored to our own personalities, and at the same time, deeply connected to our family and friends who shared the special day with us. Despite only having met Rabbi Kula a handful of times, anyone in attendance at our wedding would have thought he had known us our entire lives. Several guests remarked it was the most meaningful wedding ceremony they had witnessed. We are tremendously grateful to have been connected with Rabbi Kula, and thank him for making our wedding day unforgettable."
- Danielle and Mat Yurow
"We thank you for your warm guidance during this difficult time of our lives with B's passing. You assured that his funeral was a beautiful tribute to his life. You truly brought us comfort."
- J. Bloom
"You are one of the warmest kindest people I know. Thank you for your care, advice and insight during the loss and mourning of my Dad. I am forever grateful."
- I. Zager
"You are always here for us. You described my Mom to the "T". She loved you too. This may sound strange, but you made my Mom's funeral uplifting and comforting. Yes our tears were sad and filled with joy."
- S. Kobetz
"We are the happiest couple. Besides being in love, we had you do our wedding ceremony. Thank you for your energy, humor and teachings. The other night we said to each other the ceremony was so great, let's do it again."
- Amanda and Michael
"You make Judaism personal and engaging. I am sad we will be moving away. I am happy that we can't make the move till November so we will be with you on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. We are the blessed ones. Wishing you a Shana Tova!"
- J. Breakstone
"Rabbi Kula, may you be blessed this Holy Day Season. As you blessing to all of us, we pray for you. Thank you for being our Rabbi that we can call any time. "
- The Most Reverend Thomas Wenski, Archbishop of Miami.
"We are so proud of our son becoming Bar Mitzvah. We owe this success and a meaningful day to you. You made all of us feel comfortable and engaged in this special time. Michael was into it watching you and listening to your message. He told us he will always remember this day and be proud of being Jewish. Thank you! Thank you!"
- K. Keretz
"The only words I have are, thank you. The past two years of my Mom's illness have been unbearable. The little bit of support I could allow myself to feel came from you."
- S. Lando