Rabbinic Care
I am glad to talk with and visit with (in New York City) people connected with Jewish tradition who are wanting support or guidance from a rabbi. I visit people in hospitals and nursing care facilities within Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. I have also visited people in prisons and federal detention centers located within New York City.
I studied at The Jewish Theological Seminary in the 1980s, in the years just before the Seminary started to ordain women. I taught in the Seminary's high school program and, a few years later, received rabbinic ordination from Mesifta Adath Wolkowisk.
For those interested in the background of Mesifta Adath Wolkowisk, it is affiliated with Congregation Adas Wolkowisk, established in New York City in 1879. The impetus to establish a Seminary came from the leaders of the congregation as a reflection of their desire to serve the Jewish community by providing training for individuals wanting to serve as rabbis. The Mesifta, duly incorporated in its own right, is not affiliated with any Jewish denomination and draws its faculty from across the different branches of Judaism. The graduates of the Seminary serve congregations and other institutions in the United States and overseas.