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Welcome Rabbi Daniel Stein beginning August 1, 2010
Rabbi Daniel Stein was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, June 2010.
Daniel has served as the Legacy Heritage Foundation Rabbinic Fellow at Congregation Shomrei Torah in Tallahassee, Florida and was Assistant Rabbi at Temple Sinai in Middletown, New York.
While at JTS, Daniel was awarded prizes in theology and Jewish thought. Daniel is also an accomplished musician. He holds a degree in music history from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and has performed professionally as a multi-instrumentalist in a wide variety of settings.
In 2008, as a member of the Choir of the Great Synagogue of Jerusalem, he performed at the invitation of Shimon Peres for an audience that included Mikhail Gorbachev and Tony Blair. He continues to perform regularly as part of Rooftops, a bluegrass-folk band based in New York City.
Daniel is married to Dena Wachtel Stein, who recently obtained Master degrees in Jewish Communal Service and Religous Education at Hebrew Union College.
Please see Rabbi Daniel's web page at: http://www.dzstein.com.
Please see Rabbi Daniel's resume.
Past - Legacy Heritage Foundation Rabbinic Fellow at Congregation Shomrei Torah; Assistant Rabbi at Temple Sinai, Middletown New York Past; Rabbinic Intern at The Educational Alliance
Education - Jewish Theological Seminary; University of Cincinnati
We honor our new Rabbi Emeritus, Mark L. Shrager
Rabbi Emeritus Mark Shrager has been a Rabbi at Bnai Abraham for seventeen years and will always be an honored Rabbi and member of the BAS family.
Rabbi's Message:
JANUARY 2010 | FEBRUARY 2010 | MARCH 2010 | APRIL 2010 | MAY 2010 | JUNE 2010
Thanksgiving Day Service, 2009 (Picture above: Rabbi Mark Shrager chanting Torah, BAS Member Susie Aufrecht along with her granddaughter, Cantor Jen Cohen, who was visiting from New Jersey over the holiday.)
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Cantor Robert Weiner (still under development)
Cantor Weiner has been BAS Cantor since taking over for Cantor Morris Seigel in the 80's. We are currently writing a biography of Cantor Weiner for BAS and it will be posted here in the next few weeks.
Director of Hillel, Jewish chaplain, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Professional Career
Dr. Robert I. Weiner has been Professor at the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones - Department of History at Lafayette College for over 40 years.
Ph.D., Rutgers University.
Dr. Weiner's Authored Publications:
The Long 19th Century: European History from 1789 to 1917. Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2005.
"French Jewish Images of America: The Case of Dijon," Proceedings of the Western Society for French History: Selected Papers of the Annual Meeting, XXV (1998), 79-87.
"French Jews and Israel: The Jews of the Dijon," paper presented at the Association for Israel Studies Conference, June 1997.
"Perceptions of Antisemitism and Selective Responses among the Jews of Dijon," paper presented at a "New Europe" Conference, York,England, August 1996.
Lafayette College Awards:
- Five-time recipient of the Student Government Superior Teaching award.
- Dean of Studies Faculty Recognition Award, 2002.
- Student Government Faculty Adviser Award, 2002.
- Daniel Golden Alumni Recognition Award, 2002.
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Cantor Emeritus: Morris Siegel, 1943-2000
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Past Rabbi's of Bnai Abraham Synagogue:
Rabbi Jay David Sales
Notice: We mourn with profound sorrow the passing Rabbi Sales, a gifted Jewish educator at the Solomon Schechter School in Pittsburgh, and past Rabbi at Bnai Abraham Synagogue. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and to all who were touched through his rabbinate.
Rabbi Jonathan A. Schnitzer
1974-1986 Now in his twenty-first year at B'nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, Maryland.
Rabbi Harold Richter 1971-1974
1971-1974 Rabbi Harold Richter accepted post as Jewish Chaplain of Broward County, Florida
Rabbi Norton D. Shargel
1970 Rabbi Norton D. Shargel accepted call to serve in Harrison, N.Y.
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