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)[8]
[9] Ariana Siegel (2018–2020)
Congregation Agudath Achim Little Rock, Arkansas 2019-2021 Ben Freed (2019-2021)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c https://web.archive.org/web/20130920215624/http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/100506/mwNCaldwellPhilanthropists.html%7CNorth Caldwell Philanthropists, NJ Jewish News, 2013
  3. ^ 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>
  4. ^ "Beth Sholom welcomes visiting rabbi". Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  5. ^ "Meet the Rabbi - Rabbi Roni Tabick". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Rabbi". Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  8. ^ "Clergy Team | Temple Israel Center". 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Rabbi Polisson to join Monroe congregation". Archived from the original on 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

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