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Clergy and Staff |
Clergy and leadership
Offices and Maintenance Staff
Lay Leadership - Officers |
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Throughout our history, Adas Israel has been blessed with outstanding spiritual leaders. Today, our distinguished leadership mirrors the diversity of our congregation. |
 Jeffrey A. Wohlberg, Senior Rabbi, assumed the rabbinic leadership of Adas Israel in 1986, after a distinguished career in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rabbi Wohlberg has a long association with Camp Ramah, and was its director in Argentina. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he also received the degree of Master of Hebrew Letters,
an honorary doctorate, as well as prizes for his study in Talmud. Recognized for his innovative synagogue programming, Rabbi Wohlberg brings to the congregation a special warmth and concern for teaching, youth, and interreligious affairs. In addition to his strong community involvement, he is active in a number of national religious organizations. Rabbi.Wohlberg@adasisrael.org |
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 Avis D. Miller,
Rabbi, has been a rabbi at Adas Israel since her ordination from the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1986. Currently the president of
the regional Rabbinical Assembly, she is the first woman to chair one of
its national committees – outreach and conversion. She has been
instrumental in forming study groups and developing programs for adult
learners – such as Hebrew Literacy, Adult Bat Mitzvah and Learners'
Minyanim – as well as programs for young couples and young families.
After her 1989 visit to Ethiopia, the congregation mounted an
influential campaign in support of Ethiopian Jews. Author of On Wings
of Hope: Reflections on the High Holy Days, Rabbi Miller received
her A.B. from Wellesley College and her M.A. from Georgetown.
Rabbi.Miller@adasisrael.org |
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 Charles
M. Feinberg, Associate Rabbi, came to Adas Israel in August 2006, having
served as Rabbi for 8 years at Congregation Beth Israel in Vancouver, British
Columbia. Previously, Rabbi Feinberg served in congregations in Poughkeepsie,
New York and Madison, Wisconsin. He spent nearly twenty summers teaching at Camp
Ramah where he designed and taught an innovative prayer curriculum for campers
12 and 13 years of age. While in Vancouver, Rabbi Feinberg founded and
co-chaired the Jewish-Christian Dialogue and served as President of the Multifaith Action Society of Vancouver. He was also the founder and first
President of the Association of Attending Clergy at Madison General Hospital.
Rabbi Feinberg has chaired the Rabbinical Assembly Social Action Committee,
which developed the RA Advocacy Day (an annual event hosted by Adas Israel)
bringing up to 50 Conservative Rabbis to Washington, DC to advocate public
policy positions. He was the recipient of the 2002 Rabbinic Leadership Award by
the United Jewish Communities and the Gold Medal Human Service Award by Saint
Cabrini Home in 1996. Rabbi Feinberg was ordained by the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America in 1973. He holds a Master of Arts Degree and Bachelors
Degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Bachelors Degree from Columbia
University.
Rabbi.Feinberg@adasisrael.org |
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 Stanley Rabinowitz, Rabbi Emeritus, served the congregation with great distinction from 1960 to 1986. During his years of leadership, Adas Israel gained international stature. Rabbi Rabinowitz served as President of The Rabbinical Assembly and was a founder of MERCAZ, The Movement to Reaffirm Conservative Zionism, which was administered from Adas Israel under his direction in its first five years.
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 Cantor Jeffrey Weber joined Adas
Israel Congregation in July 2005 after serving Temple Emanuel of North
Jersey, Paterson, NJ and as a student cantor at Temple Beth El,
Springfield, MA and Congregation Beth El, New London, CT. Cantor Weber
attended the Jewish Theological Seminary, H.L Miller Cantorial School
where he earned a Diploma of Hazzan and a Masters of Sacred Music. He
holds a Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School of Music and plays
guitar and piano. Cantor Weber has performed with The Metropolitan Opera
and The New York City Opera and participated in many Cantorial concerts
and several music festivals. He and his wife, Andrea have two young
sons. Cantor.weber@adasisrael.org
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 Hazzan Jenna Greenberg, Ritual Director, is a graduate of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where she received a Master’s in Sacred Music. Originally from Philadelphia, Hazzan Greenberg also lived in Pittsburgh, and holds a B.A. in Music from Earlham College. As an undergraduate, Hazzan Greenberg studied choral music in Vienna, Austria and began her cantorial studies in Jerusalem for one year. She was a member of the Zamir Chorale of New York.
Hazzan.Greenberg@AdasIsrael.org |
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 Arnold
Saltzman, Cantor Emeritus, came to Adas Israel in 1981, after graduating the Jewish Theological Seminary's Cantors Institute. He became Cantor Emeritus in July 2005, and assumed the post of Music Chair, a unique position in the American synagogue. He is currently enrolled at the Academy for Jewish Religion in their Rabbinic Studies Program. He also holds an M.A. in Music from Columbia University. Cantor Saltzman began his singing career as a child soloist with the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus. His creativity has been acknowledged through numerous national United Synagogue awards in music and creative arts. He is the Director of the Adas Israel Youth Choir. He has written and produced, the opera "Touro", the symphonies "An Israel Symphony", "Rescue in Denmark Symphony, and "An American Symphony", and the children's ballet, "Solomon and the Dove." Cantor Saltzman has performed on several network television specials. His recordings include "L'Hitpalel: Music of the Sabbath", "The Festive Table", "An Israel Symphony", "Shabbat with Spirit", "Rescue in Denmark Symphony", and "An American Symphony."
Cantor.Saltzman@adasisrael.org |
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 Glenn S. Easton, FSA, ATz, Executive Director, joined the Adas Israel staff in 1991 following a successful career as a synagogue administrator in California and Maryland. Glenn serves as Honorary President of the North American Association of Synagogue Executives (NAASE), and President-Elect of the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America. He is on the Board of Directors of MERCAZ, the ZIV Tzedakah Fund, and Friends of Allison. He has served in leadership positions with the Mid-Atlantic Temple & Synagogue Administrators Association, the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives, and the Montgomery County Educational Advisory Council. Glenn holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Judaism where he was awarded the Benjamin Platt Award for Academic Excellence and the Mickey Weiss Award for Distinguished Alumni. He earned a BA in History from California State University, Northridge with additional coursework at UCLA and Tel Aviv University while recognized as a California State Scholar. Glenn has been recognized by his peers as a "Fellow in Synagogue Administration" and was commissioned an "Amin Tzibur" by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He has published numerous newsletters and articles in professional journals and magazines on non-profit management, fund raising, strategic planning, volunteerism, and automation.
Glenn.Easton@AdasIsrael.org. |
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 Shelley Remer,
Gan Hayeled Director, came to Adas Israel in 1991. From 1985 until she joined Adas, she was director of the Kehilat Shalom Nursery School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She was previously a teacher at Beth Shalom Learning Center and a teacher in the Prince Georges County School System. She holds a Master's Degree from the University of Maryland. Shelly served as president of Women's American ORT, Washington Region, and the National Jewish Early Childhood Network and vice-president of Har Shalom Congregation. Shelley.Remer@AdasIsrael.org
 Elie
Greenberg came to Adas Israel in July 2005 to serve as
Youth, Family,
and Young Professionals Program Director, thanks to
a generous two-year grant by synagogue Trustee, Jack Kay. Elie is a
graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida with a BA in
Religious Studies and a minor in Jewish Studies. He graduated the Hebrew
Day School of Central Florida and long time Camp Ramah attendee, Elie
has extensive experience as a teacher, USY advisor, and camp counselor.
He plays guitar and has worked as a music specialist and song leader in
several Jewish organizations. Working with Adas
Israel clergy, staff, and lay leaders, Elie is concentrating on building
the synagogue’s youth and family programs and is also working with
our religious school, college students, singles, and young
professionals. In addition, he assists in synagogue membership
recruitment of families with children. Elie may be reached at
elie.greenberg@adasisrael.org. |
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 Joshua
Bender, Director of Education, joined the Adas Israel staff
in July 2007. Josh holds a Masters in Jewish Education from Baltimore Hebrew University which included an administrative and teaching internship at Krieger Schechter Day School in Baltimore. He earned a BA in English with a minor in Jewish Studies from Penn State University.
Prior to coming to Adas Israel, he served as Education Director and Principal at Beth Am Synagogue in Baltimore since 2000 and worked part-time as Director of Reshet Baltimore for Hillel of Greater Baltimore. He is a past chair of the Baltimore Principal’s Council and has served on the Board of the Center for Jewish Education.
In addition to his formal Jewish education work experience, Josh served as Director of Teen and Young Adult Services and Camp Director for the Jewish Community Center of Wilkes-Barre, PA. He also worked as a Religious School Teacher and Director of Children’s Services for Temple Israel and taught Modern Jewish history, Bible, and Jewish Values at the Gratz Hebrew High School Program, both in Wilkes-Barre. Josh
is a native of Kingston, PA. His wife Julie, a Baltimore native, worked
as a Social Worker, LCSWC at Sinai Hospital for eight years where she specialized in Pediatric Cancer and HIV.
She took a break when their son Noah was born in 2005.
Josh.Bender@AdasIsrael.org |
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Lesley Brinton
Henry Silberman, FSA
Shira Reeves
Elinor Tattar
Jane Baldinger
Elaine Schenberg
Rita Nicholls
Beryl Saltman
Marcia Miller
Carol Ansell
Gail Leventhal
Madeleine Oakley
Sara Zager
Talia Feinberg
Becki Walter
Butch Ashley
Steve Claar
Calvin Casey
Charles Mallory
William Nunnaly
Philip Thomas