Serving Hudson County’s Progressive Jewish Community for Over 150 Years
Serving Hudson County’s Progressive Jewish Community for Over 150 Years
Temple Beth-El has been served by distinguished clergy whose leadership has engaged, consoled, and inspired this congregation throughout our 150-year+ history.
| 1864 – ? | Rev. Friedman* |
| 1871 – ? | Rev. Goldman |
| 1895 – 1896 | Rev. Rozenzweig |
| 1898 – 1900 | Rev. Julius Silberfeld |
| 1901 – 1903 | Rev. Rosenberg |
| 1904 – 1907 | Rev. A. Ableson |
| 1908 – 1909 | Rev. Nathan Wolf |
| 1909 – 1914 | Rabbi L. J. Goetz |
| 1914 – 1937 | Rabbi Maurice Thorner |
| 1934 – 1986 | Cantor Abraham Berman |
| 1936 – 1986 | Rabbi Samuel A. Berman |
| 1986 – 1989 | Rabbi Bruce Block |
| 1989 – 2011 | Rabbi Kenneth Brickman |
| 2011 – 2017 | Rabbi Debra Hachen |
| 2011 -2012 | Cantor Rebecca Joy Fletcher |
| 2017 – 2018 | Rabbi Brian Beal (interim) |
| 2018 – | Rabbi Leana Moritt |
| 2019 – 2020 | Cantor Risa Wallach |
* The Congregation was known as the Isaac Ephraim Congregation at this time.