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Rabbi Robert A.
Nosanchuk |
Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk joined Anshe
Chesed
Fairmount
Temple
as Senior Rabbi in 2010.
He and his wife Joanie Berger are
returning to the Midwest, where he grew
up in West Bloomfield,
Michigan
and she in Shaker Heights, Ohio. They have two children.
For the past seven
years he has served as Senior Rabbi at Northern Virginia Hebrew
Congregation in Reston, Virginia, and previously he served for three
years as Associate Rabbi at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in Maryland. In 2001, he was ordained as rabbi
at Hebrew Union College
– Jewish Institute of Religion, where he had earned two Master’s Degrees:
Hebrew Literature (1999) and Jewish Communal Service (1994).
His previous work
included student pulpits at synagogues in New York, New Jersey
and Montana,
serving as Education Director at the Agency for Jewish Education of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, and as Assistant Director of
URJ Camp Harlam. He credits his experiences in URJ Camps and in NFTY
(North American Federation of Temple Youth) with inspiring him toward
Jewish leadership, and continues to serve as a visiting faculty member to
URJ camps during the summer.
He is a member of the Reform movement’s Joint Commission on Lifelong
Jewish Learning, the Youth Committee of the Central Conference of American
Rabbis, and the advisory board of the
Brickner Rabbinic Seminar and Fellows Program sponsored by the Religious
Action Center of Reform Judaism.
In 2009, Rabbi Nosanchuk was
honored in Washingtonian Magazine as one of the
Washingtonians of the Year
and in 2010 was honored as Best of Reston by Reston Interfaith for
his work with Imam Mohamed Magid in creating understanding and dialogue
between the Jewish and Muslim communities.
In 2005, he was one of several rabbis selected by the Jewish Federations
of North America (then United Jewish Communities) as a Rabbinic Leadership
Fellow, a
future leaders of the North American Jewish community, because of his
community standings and his commitment to a unified and pluralistic,
global Jewish community.
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Rabbi
Joshua L.
Caruso |
Rabbi Joshua L.
Caruso
has been a member of the Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple clergy team since
2002.
At Fairmount Temple, Rabbi Caruso has been involved with many social action
initiatives, including leading the synagogue’s Congregation-Based
Community Organizing (CBCO) efforts. This grounds-up approach examines
the root causes of societal problems and explores ways of creating
fundamental change. He is also directs Fairmount Temple’s annual Martin
Luther King Community Day in which families gather in the spirit of Rev.
King to participate in social action projects and interfaith dialogue.
From 2007-09 he served as Director of the synagogue’s
Religious School, which provides a nurturing and stimulating Jewish
educational environment for almost 500 students. Rabbi Caruso is also
active with many groups within the temple, including the Young People’s
Congregation (YPC) which blends social and religious activities for
young people and families with young children.
In 2005, he participated in a Young Leadership
Division Trip to Israel and he serves on the Jewish Community Federation
of Cleveland’s Israel Action Committee. He leads adult, family and
interfaith education programs at Fairmount Temple and developed its
current Adult B’nai Mitzvah program.
Ordained in 1998 at Hebrew Union College - Jewish
Institute in New York, Rabbi Caruso first served four years as an
associate rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York before
moving to Cleveland.
He
and his wife, Leah, have three young children.
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Cantor
Sarah
J.
Sager |
Cantor
Sarah J. Sager has been the Cantor of
Fairmount Temple since 1980, and is the first person in the history of this
congregation to hold the position of Cantor. She was invested by the
Hebrew Union College - School of Sacred Music in New York and was one of
the first women in the world to hold the title of Cantor. Cantor Sager is a
graduate, Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude, of Brown University and also
holds a Master's Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.
In recent years, Cantor Sager's career has taken on an additional
dimension. She has become quite sought-after as a speaker on the topic of
Judaism & Feminism, particularly as it relates to the images of women
in our tradition. She was the keynote speaker at the 1993 Biennial
Convention of the Women of Reform Judaism in San Francisco. Her address at
that time was entitled: "Sarah's Hidden Voice: Recovering and
Discovering Women's Spirituality." As a result of her charge to the
assembly, the Women of Reform Judaism voted to undertake the project of a
transformative commentary to the Torah that will include feminist
commentary, interpretations and scholarship in an effort to uncover and
recover women's voices from our tradition and enable women to interact
freely with our sacred texts in the future. The much-acclaimed, The
Torah: A Women's Commentary, was published in 2007. She receives frequent
invitations to serve as Scholar-in-Residence on this topic and in the more
traditional field of Jewish music.
Cantor Sager has been honored for her contributions to the Jewish
community and for her spiritual leadership by the State of Israel Bonds,
and the Commission for Women's Equality of the American Jewish Congress.
Cantor Sager serves on the Commission on Synagogue Music of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations. She is also involved in the creation of a
new clergy manual - through a committee of representatives from both the
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) and the American Conference
of Cantors (ACC). She is married to William R. Joseph and is the proud
mother of a son and daughter.
Listen to Cantor Sager now! Select a format:
Selection: Shavua Tov
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FAIRMOUNT TEMPLE STAFF MEMBERS
216-464-1330 (General Number)
216-464-5890 (Religious School)
216-464-1752 (Pre-School)
E-mails of staff members below
Steve Borstein, Executive Director,
Sborstein@fairmounttemple.org
Marla Wolf, Director of Religious School
Mwolf@fairmounttemple.org
Staci Cohen, Assistant Director of Religious
School
Scohen@fairmounttemple.org
Pam Deutsch, Director of the Early Childhood
Center
Pdeutsch@fairmounttemple.org
Wendy Jacobson, Caring Community Coordinator,
Wjacobson@fairmounttemple.org
Joey Laidman, Religious School
Administrator/Registration
Jlaidman@fairmounttemple.org
Debbi Lazarus, Office Manager,
Dlazarus@fairmounttemple.org
Julie Moss, Librarian for the Arthur J. Lelyveld
Center for Jewish Learning - e-mail for information on book availability
and to put a book on hold.
Jmoss@fairmounttemple.org
Laura Munson, Communications Director and
Bulletin.
Lmunson@fairmounttemple.org
Debbie Rossman, Early Childhood
Administrator,
Drossman@fairmounttemple.org
Julianna Senturia, Program Coordinator,
Jsenturia@fairmounttemple.org
Suzie Myers,
Membership Coordinator,
Smyers@fairmounttemple.org
Clergy Support Staff:
For Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, contact Hedy Silber at
Hsilber@fairmounttemple.org
For Rabbi Joshua Caruso, contact Cathy Lipton at
Clipton@fairmounttemple.org
For Cantor Sarah Sager, contact Iris Greene at
Igreene@fairmounttemple.org
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