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“Entrust these things to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.” – 2Timothy 2:2 |
| Leadership
Beth El is blessed to have three separate layers of leadership in its structure.
1. RABBINATE: Our rabbi serves as our community's lead religious official and primary vision-caster, fomenting constructive exchange and development of ideas and practice in our Manhattan community. As eloquently written in “The Leadership Development Guide” for Conservative Judaism – “Authority for religious practice in each congregation resides in its rabbi. It derives from the rabbi's training, and by the fact that the community has chosen that rabbi to be its religious guide.” Our current rabbi is Bruce L. Cohen. 2. OUR "VA'AD" (LEADERSHIP BOARD): This is a group composed of gabbai'im (pulpit officiants), z'keneem (elders), and s'ganim (assistants or deacons). These are members of Beth El, raised up from within the synagogue as leaders according to the Two-Testament model (Exodus 18:21-22 and 1Timothy 3). 3. OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: This is a composite Board of oversight, including spiritual leaders and expert laity from outside the synagogue-proper. |
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