The Gladstein Fellowship is a program operated by the Jewish Theological Seminary allowing selected students of the seminary to serve in the capacity of rabbi of a selected congregation.
Congregations selected by JTS to benefit from the Gladstein Fellowship program are offered three Gladstein fellows each for a two-year period for a total of six years with the option of hiring any of the fellows to a permanent position. Gladstein fellows normally visit the congregations for which they are selected monthly, are available to congregants by phone and email at other times, and receive a stipend in exchange for their services. [1]
History
The Gladstein Fellowship program was founded by Ned and Jane Gladstein in 2003. The first congregation to benefit from the program was Loudon Jewish Congregation in Leesburg, Virginia. [2]
List of benefiting congregations
| Congregation name | Location | Years | Fellows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sha’are Shalom | Leesburg, Virginia | 2003-2004 | Jason Miller (rabbi) [2] |
| Sha’are Shalom | Leesburg, Virginia | 2004-2005 | Kim Blumenthal |
| Sha’are Shalom | Leesburg, Virginia | 2006-2010 | Michael Ragozin [2] |
| Beth Shalom [1] | Lake Norman, North Carolina | Adam Baldachin (2011–13) [3] | |
| Beth Sholom | Frederick, Maryland | 2013- | Jordan Hersh (2013–15) [4] |
| New Stoke Newington Shul | London, England | 2013-2015 | Roni Tabick (2013–15) [5](Roni became synagogue's rabbi after ordination in 2015) |
| Chevrei Tzedek Congregation | Baltimore, Maryland | 2015-2019 | Emily Barton (2015–17); [6] Rory Katz (2017-2019 and hired after ordination) [7] |
| Congregation Eitz Chaim | Monroe, New York | 2016–Present | Louis Polisson (2016-2018)
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| Congregation Agudath Achim | Little Rock, Arkansas | 2019-2021 | Ben Freed (2019-2021) |
References
- ^ a b "With 2 Torahs, growing Beth Shalom ready for High Holidays | DavidsonNews.net". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ^ a b c https://web.archive.org/web/20130920215624/http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/100506/mwNCaldwellPhilanthropists.html%7CNorth Caldwell Philanthropists, NJ Jewish News, 2013
- ^ http://www.huntersvilleherald.com/news/2011/8/4/2520/new-galdstein-fellow-joins-beth-shalom-of-lake-norman Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine< http://www.huntersvilleherald.com/news/2011/8/4/2520/new-galdstein-fellow-joins-beth-shalom-of-lake-norman/ Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine>
- ^ "Beth Sholom welcomes visiting rabbi". Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ^ "Meet the Rabbi - Rabbi Roni Tabick". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "JTS Partners with Congregation Chevrei Tzedek to Expand Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Lead". Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Rabbi". Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "Clergy Team | Temple Israel Center". 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Rabbi Polisson to join Monroe congregation". Archived from the original on 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-03-31.