Temple Rodef Shalom
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Temple Rodef Shalom (Reform) is the largest Jewish congregation in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Falls Church. Founded in 1962, it counts a membership of over 1300 households. It is the largest congregation in Virginia. [1]
In 1963, the Temple hired Laszlo Berkowits as its first rabbi. In 1998, it became the largest congregation in the United States to have a female rabbi, when it replaced Berkowits, who had decided to retire, with then-associate rabbi Amy Schwartzman.
The Temple's current Assistant Rabbi is Jeffrey Saxe. It hired its first cantor, Michael Shochet, in 1998.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Union for Reform Judaism: Temple Rodef Shalom directory listing, accessed March 27, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Temple Rodef Shalom Official site.
- Union for Reform Judaism: Temple Rodef Shalom Directory listing.
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