Rabbi Daniel M. Cohen, D. Min.
Rabbi Daniel Cohen is a native of New Jersey. He was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1993. For the last fifteen years he has served Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, where he has been the Senior Rabbi for the past eight years. Rabbi Cohen is a graduate of Duke University, holds a Masters of Arts in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic Ordination from the HUC-JIR. He received his Doctorate in Pastoral Counseling from HUC-JIR and the Post Graduate Center for Mental Health. His Doctoral project was an examination of the emotional impact of a first child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah on the entire family system. Rabbi Cohen is also a Certified Bereavement Facilitator and is certified in hypnotherapy. He lives in Morris County with his wife Elana and their golden retriever, Maisy...
Rabbi Ellie Miller
Rabbi Ellie Miller is proud to be a part of the Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel family. A native of New Jersey, Rabbi Miller graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1990 with a B.A. in Communication Science and a certificate in Jewish Studies. She also earned a Masters of Arts in Hebrew Literature from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and was ordained in 1999. While at HUC-JIR Rabbi Miller wrote her thesis on "The Sermons of Rabbi Azariah Figo: A Portrait of an Italian Renaissance Rabbi." Rabbi Miller is currently working toward a Masters in Religious Education at the Hebrew Union College.Rabbi Miller joined TSTI in 1999 as the Assistant Rabbi and became the Associate Rabbi in 2001. Prior to her arrival at TSTI she served as Student Rabbi, at Congregation Beth Israel, in Indiana Pennsylvania from 1996-1999. Rabbi Miller is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Women's Rabbinic Network. Rabbi Miller lives in West Orange with her husband Nathan Lynn and their three children, Sam, Meg and Jack.
Cantor Theodore Aronson
Theodore Aronson was invested as Cantor in 1967. TSTI is Cantor's first and only pulpit. In 1970 he received his Religious School Principal certification from Hebrew Union College. Cantor Aronson went on to attend Yeshiva University where he received a Master of Social Work in 1986. In 2001 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College. From 1970 to 1986 he was the Director of Education at TSTI. Cantor Aronson was the creator and Director of the Parenting Center at TSTI from 1985-1990.
During his tenure as Cantor at Sharey Tefilo – Sharey Tefilo-Israel, Cantor Aronson brought many and various musical venues to the worship experience. Cantor Aronson has been intimately involved with Israel his entire career and has coordinated programs between several schools in Israel and TSTI’s Hebrew school in South Orange. He is also the founder of Change-for-Change, which is a children’s tzudakah fund that has been actively supporting tzudakah projects in Israel as well as at home. Currently, in addition to his cantorial duties, Cantor Aronson is involved in a pastoral role in the congregation.
During his tenure as Cantor at Sharey Tefilo – Sharey Tefilo-Israel, Cantor Aronson brought many and various musical venues to the worship experience. Cantor Aronson has been intimately involved with Israel his entire career and has coordinated programs between several schools in Israel and TSTI’s Hebrew school in South Orange. He is also the founder of Change-for-Change, which is a children’s tzudakah fund that has been actively supporting tzudakah projects in Israel as well as at home. Currently, in addition to his cantorial duties, Cantor Aronson is involved in a pastoral role in the congregation.
Cantorial Soloist Joan Finn
Joan Finn, Cantorial Soloist has been a member of TSTI since 1984. Over the years she has been head of the Volunteer Choir and Outreach Committee. She attended two summer programs of ParaRabbinic study at Hebrew Union College. She studied at both Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Hawaii for her undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance. Joan received her Masters of Music degree in Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. She is presently a fourth year Cantorial student at the Academy of Jewish Music in Riverdale, New York.
Rabbi Harvey S. Goldman, D. Min., D.D,
Rabbi Herbert Weiner, Rabbi Emeritus
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