Temple Rodef Shalom (Falls Church, Virginia)

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.