Rabbi Haaz formerly served as the rabbi of Congregation Sons of Israel in Amsterdam, NY and as the rabbinic intern at Town and Village Synagogue in New York, NY.  He also helped strengthen future Jewish communities through his commitment to Camp Ramah and to Tribeca Hebrew in New York, NY.

Rabbi Haaz was the only student in his class at the Seminary to pursue both hospital and military chaplaincy training.  Rabbi Haaz completed 800 hours of Clinical Pastoral Education at Abington Memorial Hospital and at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where his speech from the closing invocation was published in a national pastoral care publication.  Rabbi Haaz is also a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, where he received his training in the Chaplain Candidate Program and served in Italy and Spain. 

Prior to beginning his studies at the Seminary, Rabbi Haaz worked in the Office of Survivor Affairs in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, where he conducted research on Jewish Rescue efforts. 

In addition to his rabbinical ordination, Rabbi Haaz received an MA in Interdepartmental Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City and a BA in Economics from Tufts University in Medford, MA.  Rabbi Haaz is the recipient of the Dr. Michael Higger Prize in Talmud, the S. Gershon Feffer Memorial Prize, the Edward Feder Peace Prize, and the Lillian M. Lowenfeld Prize in Practical Theology.