Board & Staff

The members of the URJ’s Oversight Committee and North American Board partner with our senior leadership team and talented staff across North America and Israel to achieve significant accomplishments.

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It is with immense gratitude that the URJ recognizes and acknowledges the members of its Oversight Committee and North American Board of Trustees, so ably led by URJ Chair Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman. The leadership’s vision, wisdom, and generosity guide the URJ in fulfilling our strategic priorities and represent a sacred partnership in Reform Judaism’s holy work.

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2019-2021 URJ Oversight Committee

Janice Brumer - Temple B’nai Torah, Bellevue, WA

Cary Davidson - Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood, CA (URJ Co-Treasurer)

Isabel Dunst - Temple Sinai, Washington, DC

Vivian Gealer - Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Tempe, AZ (URJ District Chair—West)

Jay Gellman - Temple Beth Orr, Coral Springs, FL (URJ District Chair—South)

Roberta Franco Glick - Temple Chaverim, Plainview, NY (URJ District Chair—East)

Jill Goodman - Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, NY

Alec Harris - Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL (URJ Co-Treasurer)

Rabbi Rick Jacobs - Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY (URJ President)

Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman - Congregation B'nai Israel, Sacramento, CA (URJ Chair)

Robin Kosberg - Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, TX (URJ Vice Chair)

Marc Landis - Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York, NY

Harry Levy IV - Temple Beth El, San Antonio, TX (URJ Vice Chair)

Blair Marks - Temple Kol Emeth, Marietta, GA

Daryl Messinger - Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (URJ Immediate Past Chair)

Shelley Niceley Groff - Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL (URJ Vice Chair)

Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner - Temple Israel, Boston, MA Temple Sinai, Washington, DC (RAC Director and URJ Senior Vice President)

Michael Price - Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT

Steve Pruzan - Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle, WA

Wendy Rhodes - Makom Solel Lakeside, Highland Park, IL (URJ Vice Chair)

Richard Rubenstein - Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT

Elkan Scheidt - Temple Israel, Memphis, TN

Mark Schwartz - Temple Israel, Boston, MA

Heidi Segal - Temple Israel, Los Angeles, CA

Andy B. Shafran - Congregation Beth Tikvah, Worthington, OH (URJ District Chair—Central)

Dr. Pekka R. Sinervo - Temple Emanu-El, Toronto, ON

Dr. Steven E. Weitz - Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJ

Ann R. Wenger - Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL

Dr. Jeremy Wolfe - Temple Sinai, Brookline, MA

 

Allan Goldman - Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, CA (Honorary URJ Chair)

Robert Heller - Central Synagogue New York, NY (Honorary URJ Chair)

Stephen Sacks - Temple Sinai Washington, D.C. (Honorary URJ Chair)

Jerome Somers - Temple Emanu-El Marblehead, MA (Honorary URJ Chair)

Peter J. Weidhorn - Temple Shaari Emeth Manalapan, NJ (Honorary URJ Chair)

 

Ex-Officio Members:

Sue Neuman Hochberg - Congregation Micah Brentwood, Nashville, TN (HUC-JIR Chair)

Rabbi Hara E. Person - Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY (CCAR Chief Executive)

Dr. Andrew Rehfeld - Temple Israel, Saint Louis, MO (HUC-JIR President)

Rabbi Ronald M. Segal - Temple Sinai–Atlanta, Sandy Springs, GA (CCAR President)

 

2017-2019 URJ Oversight Committee

David Baskin - Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto, ON

Cary Davidson - Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood, CA (URJ Associate General Counsel)

Alan Fishman - Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY

Roberta Franco Glick - Temple Chaverim, Plainview, NY

Jay Gellman - Temple Beth Orr, Coral Springs, FL (URJ Vice Chair)

Alec Harris - Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL (URJ Vice Chair)

Rabbi Rick Jacobs - Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY (URJ President)

Bruce Josephy - Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT

Susan Kalson - Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA

Jennifer Kaufman - Congregation B’nai Israel, Sacramento, CA (URJ Vice Chair)

Robin Kosberg - Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, TX

Norman Leopold - Temple Sinai of North Dade, Miami, FL (URJ General Counsel)

Harry Levy IV - Temple Beth El, San Antonio, TX (URJ Treasurer)

Luise Mann - Congregational B'nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT

Blair Marks - Temple Kol Emeth, Marietta, GA

Daryl Messinger - Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (URJ Chair)

Shelley Niceley Groff - Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL

Mark Oster - Larchmont Temple, Larchmont, NY

Elliot Paull - Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA

Rabbi Jonah Pesner - Temple Israel, Boston, MA (RAC Director and URJ Senior Vice President)

Steve Pruzan - Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle, WA (URJ District Chair—West)

Wendy Rhodes - Congregation Solel, Highland Park, IL (URJ District Chair—Central)

Richard Rubenstein - Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT

Stephen Sacks - Temple Sinai, Washington, D.C. (URJ Immediate Past Chair)

Elkan Scheidt - Temple Israel, Memphis, TN

Mark Schwartz - Temple Israel, Boston, MA

Dr. Steven Weitz - Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJ (URJ Vice Chair)

Ann Wenger - Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL

Dr. Jeremy Wolfe - Temple Sinai, Brookline, MA (URJ District Chair—East)

 

Allan Goldman - Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, CA (Honorary URJ Chair)

Robert Heller - Central Synagogue, New York, NY (Honorary URJ Chair)

Jerome Somers - Temple Emanu-El, Marblehead, MA (Honorary URJ Chair)

Peter Weidhorn - Temple Shaari Emeth, Manalapan, NJ (Honorary URJ Chair)

 

Ex-Officio Members:

Rabbi Steven Fox – (CCAR Designate, CCAR Chief Executive)

Sue Neuman Hochberg - Congregation Micah, Brentwood/Nashville, TN (HUC-JIR Chair)

Rabbi David Stern - Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, TX (CCAR President)

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