Long Island Board of Rabbis

Long Island Board of Rabbis
Type Organization of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist rabbis on Long Island, New York
Location
Region served
 Long Island, New York
Membership
 300 rabbis (approx.)

The Long Island Board of Rabbis is an organization of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist rabbis on Long Island, New York.[1] Its headquarters are located in Deer Park, New York.[1][2][3]

As of 1988, the Board represented nearly 300 rabbis. They, in turn, served an estimated 700,000 Jews on Long Island.[2][4]

Issues

The Board has issued resolutions and policy statements from time to time on various issues. At times it has done so by itself, and in other instances it has done so jointly with other organizations, including the Long Island Council of Churches, and the Commission on Christian-Jewish Relations of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.[5][6][7][8] Issues that it has focused on have included anti-Semitic incidents on Long Island, the Holocaust, taxation of houses of worship on Long Island, domestic violence, drug abuse, and anti-Black racism.[9][10][11][12][13]

Leadership

Present day President of the Board is Rabbi Elliot Skidell of Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Emeth. Past Presidents of the Board include Rabbis Simon Resnikoff, Julius Goldberg (Plainview Jewish Center), Tobias Rothenberg (Huntington Jewish Center), Esor Ben-Sorek, Arthur Schwartz, Philip S. Krohn, Paul Kushner (Congregation Shaarei Shalom), Stuart Geller (Temple Emanuel) in Lynbrook), Bruce Ginsburg (Congregation Sons of Israel), Alan F. Lavin (Temple Hillel of North Woodmere), Ronald L. Androphy (East Meadow Jewish Center), and Moshe A. Birnbaum (Plainview Jewish Center).[2][10][11][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Stephen W. Massil (1992). The Jewish Travel Guide. Sepher Hermon Pr. ISBN 1-870216-10-5. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Stuart Vincent (December 13, 1988). "Rabbi Urges No Change In `Who Is a Jew?' Law". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ Rhoda Amon (December 30, 2000). "People of Faith". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  4. ↑ Arnold Abrams (September 11, 1988). "A New Year Begins; A time for reflection during Rosh Hashanah". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  5. ↑ Journal of Jewish communal service 56. National Conference of Jewish Communal Service. 1979. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  6. ↑ Morning Freiheit Association (1991). Jewish Currents 45. Jewish Currents. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Long Island Journal". The New York Times. June 14, 1981. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  8. ↑ Jennifer Smith (February 22, 2004). "Film Already Has Special Effect". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  9. ↑ Nicholas Goldberg (January 28, 1988). "Anti-Semitic Incidents Rise". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  10. 1 2 Robert Fresco and Adrian Peracchio (September 25, 1990). "A World Apart; Segregation on Long Island; Racism". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  11. 1 2 Monte R. Young (October 6, 1990). "Garden City Hoops Ban Slammed". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  12. ↑ Toby Axelrod (July 14, 1994). "Abusers Among Us: Bringing the subject of domestic violence out from hiding is step number one. But there are serious obstacles in the Jewish community.". The Jewish Week. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  13. ↑ Ain, Stewart (January 14, 2001). "Nassau Plans to Tax Parsonages". Rockville Centre (NY); Nassau County (NY): The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  14. ↑ American Jewish Committee (1979). Present Tense 7–8. American Jewish Committee. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  15. ↑ Eric Nagourney (January 16, 1992). "Groups Lament Gulf War Aftermath". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  16. ↑ Toby Axelrod (August 25, 1995). "Simcha Or Wrong Signal? Sanction of same-sex union stirs debate". The Jewish Week. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  17. ↑ Toby Axelrod (September 15, 1995). "Rabbi in New York blesses lesbian union of assistant rabbi". Jweekly.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  18. ↑ Stuart Vincent (February 1, 1988). "Rabbi Julius Goldberg, 72, Backed Egalitarian Service / Guided Growing Congregation Championed Egalitarian Services Jewish Center Developer". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  19. ↑ Rather, John (April 4, 1999). "On Sunday, 'Let Us Pray' or 'Let Us Play'". Long Island (Ny): The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  20. ↑ Rather, John (November 5, 2000). "Church, State And Tuesday Converge". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  21. ↑ Allan Richter, "Religious Institutions Try Innovative Fund-Raisers", The New York Times, February 12, 2006, accessed August 10, 2010
  22. ↑ Lin Payne, Stewart Ain, and Jonathan Mark, "Spiritual Disobedience: Orlando Rabbis Arrested Protesting Iran", Heritage Florida Jewish News, April 27, 2007, accessed August 10, 2010
  23. ↑ "Philip S. Krohn". The Virginian-Pilot. November 22, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  24. ↑ "Rabbi". Farmingdale Wantagh Jewish Center. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  25. ↑ Ain, Stewart (February 13, 1998). "Gov’t To Move Ahead On Conversions". The Jewish Week. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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