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Posted By richards on July 26, 2017

Woodbury >> Beth El Synagogue welcomes Benjamin Goldberg as student Rabbi for the upcoming year.

Ben Goldberg says he is becoming a rabbi because the most powerful experiences in his life were Jewish ones, and he wants to help others experience that power.

Goldberg is a rising fifth year student in the rabbinical school at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. This year he will serve as the rabbi of Beth El Synagogue. Last year he served as the rabbinic intern at Rutgers Hillel and also at Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains, N.J.

Before enrolling at JTS, he studied for a year at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Originally from the Philadelphia suburbs, Ben graduated from Northwestern University in 2012 with a degree in History and Jewish Studies, where he was also the president of Hillel.

When Goldberg visited Beth El synagogue two months ago, members were enthusiastic and enjoyed participating in the services he led, members said in a release. Rav Ben had a unique ability to immediately engage our religious school students in Jewish learning activities.

The synagogue is located at 124 South Pomperaug Avenue in Woodbury. For information, call 203-264-4500.

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