Janet Roth Krupnick, Cantor
William B.Horn, Rabbi Emeritus
Stacey S. David, Director of Religious Education
Barbara Rich, Early Childhood Director
Judy Weil, Administrator
Julie Schwarzwald, President
SJCC Officers and Committee Assignments
Rabbi:
Avi Friedman
came to the SJCC in 2005. A native of Detroit, Rabbi Friedman completed his undergraduate work at the University of Michigan in 1991, received a Master of Hebrew Letters in May 1993 from the University of Judaism, Los Angeles California and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York in 1997.
Cantor: Janet Roth Krupnick
came to the congregation in 1990. Since her arrival, the
quality and variety of the musical experience, both during services, and on
special occasions, has increased significantly. Cantor Krupnick participates in
all aspects of congregational life including conducting services, directing
both the adult and children’s choirs, teaching adult education as well as in
the religious school and preparing children for bar/bat mitzvah. She continues
to create artistic and musical programs that explore the vast range of the
Jewish cultural experience. Keen
on congregational participation during services and cultural programming, she
has organized a Torah chanting and davening program that encourages the
knowledge and mastery of Jewish liturgical skills.Cantor Krupnick is married to Rabbi Moss Krupnick and is the mother of two daughters,
Abigail, and Madaket.
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Rabbi Emeritus: William B.
Horn has been with the congregation since 1962. He has a Bachelor of Science
degree from NYU, a Master of Science degree in Counseling and Psychology from Yeshiva
University, and rabbinical ordination, a graduate degree in Hebrew literature and an
honorary Doctor of Divinity from the Jewish Theological Seminary. In addition, Rabbi Horn
has studied at the Institute for Analytic Psychotherapy and the Post Graduate Center for
Mental Health.
He serves as chaplain for the Summit Police Department and at Overlook Hospital in Summit. He is a former lecturer in Practical Rabbinics and Homiletics at the Jewish Theological Seminary and has held various posts in United Synagogue and in the Rabbinical Assembly. He is former President of the Summit Ministerial Association and has served on the Board of Trustees of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Union and Essex Counties.
Rabbi Horn is married to the former Dena Mendelowitz, former principal of the elementary division of the Solomon Schechter School of New Jersey. Currently she is the Director of Synagogue Services for the JEA of Metrowest.
They have three
children.
Hadassah, wife of Rabbi Randy Marks of the Shomrei Torah Congregation in Wayne,
NJ., is a specialist in early childhood education. The first graduate of the Solomon
Schechter day school to receive an MA at the Jewish Theological Seminary and return to
SSDS as a teacher, she now teaches nursery school at the synagogue in Cedar Grove, NJ. Hadassah and Randy have four children: Avi, Penina, Raffi and
Danit.
Moshe is an attorney in a New York City law firm.
Moshe and his wife Leslie have one daughter, Ayelet.
Ora, married to Rabbi Joseph Prouser, rabbi of the Little Neck Jewish Center, is Dean of the Academy for Jewish Religion. Ora and Joseph have
three children: Shira, Eitan and Ayel.
Director
of Religious Education: Stacey S. David
has responsibility for the entire educational program from Kindergarten through the Post
Graduate classes. She has a faculty of 13 full-time and part-time instructors. Ms. David
holds an undergraduate degree in Hebrew Studies, with a minor in Elementary Education, and
Masters degrees in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from CUNY at Hunter. She spent
three years studying in Israel , has a yeshiva background, and is fluent in Hebrew.
Early Childhood Director: Barbara Rich is the director of our nursery-school, supervising our program for children 16 months through 6 years old and a staff of ten head and assistant teachers. Ms. Rich received a BA in Early Childhood Education from Brooklyn College and an MA in Supervision in Early Childhood from Kean College. Ms. Rich served as the Director of the nursery school at Congregation Ahavas Achim B’nai Jacob and David in West Orange for seven years before joining the SJCC Nursery School. She is a member of NAEYC and the Directors Network of the JEA.
Administrator: Judy Weil received her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Classical Civilization at Syracuse University and her MBA in Marketing and International Business at Fordham University. She is currently enrolled in the second year of the Florence Melton Adult School, sponsored through Hebrew University.
Before joining the SJCC staff, she managed the publicity departments of the Trade Book Division for both Simon & Schuster and CBS Publishing and was the Office Manager / Account Exec/Bookkeeper for Media Marketing. She has been very active in the Conservative movement and synagogue life. She has served her synagogue, Shomrei Torah, in Wayne, NJ, on the Ritual, Koach, Mitzvah Corps, Education, Finance, Personnel and Adult Education committees as well as Financial Secretary, Recording Secretary, Vice President and, ultimately, for four years as President of the Congregation. She is a life member of Hadassah and serves on committees for the New Jersey Region of USCJ. She has also served as President of the Albert Einstein Chapter of B'nai Brith Women (currently known as Jewish Women International) and has been involved with Boy Scout Troop #165, the only Jewish Scout Troop in Passaic County, since 1994. She and her husband Jay, an attorney in New York City, are extremely proud of their college-age sons Matthew and Gregory, both of whom are Eagle Scouts.
President:
Julie Schwarzwald
and her husband Howard Bochner have been members of the SJCC for 15 years. Prior to being elected President, Julie served first as Chair of the Nursery School Committee, then as a Vice-President for 7 years. Julie is a General Studies teacher at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union, Cranford Lower School. Julie and Howard have two sons who attend SSDS.
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