He is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative rabbis. Rabbi Kaufman graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1964. He was Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline Massachusetts from 1964-1967. In 1967 he assumed the rabbinical post at Congregation Bnai Israel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where he served until 1980. From 1980-82 he was Rabbi at Congregation Agudas Achim in San Antonio, Texas. In 1982 he was installed as Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Fall River, Massachusetts where he served until his retirement in November 2005. Upon his retirement, he was named Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth El.