Moshe Zemer moved with his family to Los Angeles, he received his BA in Psychology from UCLA and was ordained as a Rabbi at the Hebrew Union College.
In 1945, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, where his family joined Temple Beth Shalom, and where Zemer began religious studies. In 1953, Zemer received his BA in Psychology from UCLA. In 1960, he was ordained as a Rabbi at the Hebrew Union College (HUC)  Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he also received a doctorate in Jewish Studies. 
