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David J. Wolpe (born September 19, 1958 [1]) is an American rabbi.He is Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School [2] and the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple. [3] He previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Hunter College, and UCLA.
Sinai Temple was a filming location for the 2024 Netflix romantic comedy TV series Nobody Wants This, in which it doubled for the synagogue where main character Noah Roklov serves as a rabbi. Sinai Temple is mentioned in dialogue during the 2024 movie Thelma , starring June Squibb in the title role.
Notably, Sinai has had two long-tenured rabbis: Herman E. Snyder (1947–1970) and Mark D. Shapiro (1988–2016). Membership grew from 50 to 500 families under Rabbi Snyder's leadership. [ 5 ] An interfaith leader, he created the Sinai Temple Institute for Christian and Muslim Clergy and Educators , an annual learning session that brings ...
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In 1987, Temple Beth Or absorbed the former Congregation Moses Montefiore, Orthodox [1]: 46, 87 Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue [1]: 78 Congregation Kol Ami, Vancouver [30] Olympic B'nai Shalom Havurah, Port Angeles; Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle This merges the earlier Temple De Hirsch, Seattle and Temple Sinai, Bellevue [1]: 21–23
Dershowitz later became rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom in Kansas City, Missouri before moving to St. Paul, Minnesota where he became a rabbi at the Temple of Aaron. He later went on to direct many Jewish summer camps, including Herzl Camp in Wisconsin from 1954 to 1961, [2] Camp Alonim/Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BCI) in Simi Valley, CA, from 1961 to 1963, and directed Camp Ramah in California for ...
The congregation started in 1920 as the North Shore branch of Chicago's Sinai Congregation, and is the oldest Reform synagogue in the Chicago's North Shore suburbs.The decision to establish a separate congregation had been a subject of concerned discussion for a number of years, and was perceived as an important step in the evolution of the Jewish presence in the North Shore as a separate ...
In 1941, he became the rabbi of Temple Sinai in Dresher, Pennsylvania, at the temple's founding and served his entire career there. Under Greenberg, Temple Sinai was a leading conservative synagogues in Philadelphia, and the temple received several Solomon Schechter awards. Greenberg was a leader in female equality.