Rabbi
Eliott N. Perlstein
Rabbi
Perlstein is a native Philadelphian. He grew up in Oxford
Circle and graduated from Northeast High School in 1971. After
two years at the Joint Program of Columbia University and the
Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Perlstein graduated from
Temple University and later received a Master of Arts in
Religion from Temple. In 1982 he was ordained by the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. After serving as the
synagogues student Rabbi, he assumed the position of Rabbi of the
congregation.
In the following years,
Rabbi Perlstein took a leadership role in interfaith relations
in the North and Southampton Communities. He also exemplified
a commitment to Israel as well as to Soviet Jewry, visiting the
Soviet Union on two occasions to meet with Refuseniks and to
teach.
In the early nineties Rabbi
Perlstein entered a Doctor of Ministry Program in Pastoral
Care and Counseling at the Hebrew Union College–Jewish
Institute of Religion. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of
Ministry in June 1995.
In March 2001, the
congregation honored the Rabbi at a gala dinner dance
celebrating his 25 years of service to the synagogue as well
as the 25th anniversary of the congregation.
Rabbi
Perlstein is married to Janie and is the step-father of
Jordana, Elana and Samara Jaffe. They live in Ivyland, a
neighboring town to Richboro.
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Cantor Paul
Frimark
Cantor
Paul Frimark assumed the pulpit at Ohev Shalom in September
1996. He has become an integral part of all aspects of our
synagogue community through his interaction with the
pre-school, Hebrew school, and B’nai Mitzvah. He joins our
adult choir and also conducts the youth chorale. Nearly every
family in the Ohev community interacts with Cantor on a
regular basis.
Born and raised in the Philadelphia area
he studied as a young member of Congregation Temple Sinai with
Hazzan Nathan Chaitovsky. He continued his Judaic studies at
Gratz High School while attending Central High School in
Philadelphia and Temple University, where he earned his B.B.A.
in accounting. After a long career serving the Jewish
community musically and as a controller for twenty five years,
a desire to assume the pulpit led to a new vocation, with a
life dedicated to the religious and musical aspects of
Judaism. Cantor Frimark returned to Gratz College where he
received his Graduate Certification in Jewish music and his
Master of Arts in Jewish Music in May 2005.
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