Affiliation Reform Judaism Leadership Rabbi Amy Schwartzman Phone +1 703-532-2217 | Status Active Architectural type Synagogue | |
Location Fairfax County
Virginia, U.S. Website www.templerodefshalom.org Address 2100 Westland St, Falls Church, VA 22043, USA Similar Temple Sinai, Temple Micah, Beth El Hebrew Congreg, Adas Israel Congreg, Congreg Etz Hayim Profiles | ||
Temple Rodef Shalom (Reform) is the largest Jewish congregation in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Fairfax County (with a "Falls Church" mailing address). Founded in 1962, it counts a membership of over 1,300 households.
In 1963, the Temple hired Laszlo Berkowits as its first rabbi. In 1998, it became one of the largest congregations in the United States to have a female rabbi, when it replaced Berkowits, who had decided to retire, with then-Associate Rabbi Amy Schwartzman.
The Temple's Associate Rabbi is Jeffrey Saxe. It hired its first cantor, Michael Shochet, in 1998. Rachel Rhodes is the Associate Cantor.
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Temple Rodef Shalom (Falls Church, Virginia) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA