Long Island Board of Rabbis

Long Island Board of RabbisType| Organization of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist rabbis on Long Island, New York

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Location|

* Rockville Centre, New York

Region served

| Long Island, New York
Membership| 300 rabbis (approx.)

The Long Island Board of Rabbis is an organization of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist rabbis on Long Island, New York.[1] Its headquarters, previously located in Deer Park, New York,[1][2][3] are currently located in Rockville Centre, New York.[4]

As of 1988, the Board represented nearly 300 rabbis. They, in turn, served an estimated 700,000 Jews on Long Island.[2][5]

## Issues

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The Board has issued resolutions and policy statements from time to time on various issues. At times it has done so by itself, and in other instances it has done so jointly with other organizations, including the Long Island Council of Churches, and the Commission on Christian-Jewish Relations of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.[6][7][8][9] Issues that it has focused on have included anti-Semitic incidents on Long Island, the Holocaust, taxation of houses of worship on Long Island, domestic violence, drug abuse, and anti-Black racism.[10][11][12][13][14]

## Leadership

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Present day President of the Board is Rabbi Susan Elkodsi. Past Presidents of the Board include Rabbis Joel Levenson, Lena Zerbarini, Michael Stanger, Elliot Skiddell, Susan Moskowitz,Simon Resnikoff, Julius Goldberg (Plainview Jewish Center), Tobias Rothenberg (Huntington Jewish Center), Esor Ben-Sorek, Arthur Schwartz, Philip S. Krohn, Paul Kushner (Congregation Shaarei Shalom), Stuart Geller (Temple Emanuel) in Lynbrook), Bruce Ginsburg (Congregation Sons of Israel), Alan F. Lavin (Temple Hillel of North Woodmere), Ronald L. Androphy (East Meadow Jewish Center), and Moshe A. Birnbaum (Plainview Jewish Center).[2][11][12][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

## See also

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* New York Board of Rabbis

## References

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1. ^ a b Stephen W. Massil (1992). The Jewish Travel Guide. Sepher Hermon Pr. ISBN 1-870216-10-5. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
2. ^ a b c Stuart Vincent (December 13, 1988). "Rabbi Urges No Change In 'Who Is a Jew?' Law". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.[dead link]
3. ^ Rhoda Amon (December 30, 2000). "People of Faith". Newsday. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
4. ^ "Long Island Board of Rabbis: About Us". Facebook.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
5. ^ Arnold Abrams (September 11, 1988). "A New Year Begins; A time for reflection during Rosh Hashanah". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
6. ^ Journal of Jewish communal service. Vol. 56\. National Conference of Jewish Communal Service. 1979. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
7. ^ Morning Freiheit Association (1991). Jewish Currents. Vol. 45\. Jewish Currents. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
8. ^ "Long Island Journal". The New York Times. June 14, 1981. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
9. ^ Jennifer Smith (February 22, 2004). "Film Already Has Special Effect". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
10. ^ Nicholas Goldberg (January 28, 1988). "Anti-Semitic Incidents Rise". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
11. ^ a b Robert Fresco and Adrian Peracchio (September 25, 1990). "A World Apart; Segregation on Long Island; Racism". Newsday. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
12. ^ a b Monte R. Young (October 6, 1990). "Garden City Hoops Ban Slammed". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
13. ^ Toby Axelrod (July 14, 1994). "Abusers Among Us: Bringing the subject of domestic violence out from hiding is step number one. But there are serious obstacles in the Jewish community". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
14. ^ Ain, Stewart (January 14, 2001). "Nassau Plans to Tax Parsonages". The New York Times. Rockville Centre (NY); Nassau County (NY). Retrieved July 29, 2010.
15. ^ American Jewish Committee (1979). Present Tense. Vol. 7–8\. American Jewish Committee. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
16. ^ Eric Nagourney (January 16, 1992). "Groups Lament Gulf War Aftermath". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
17. ^ Toby Axelrod (August 25, 1995). "Simcha Or Wrong Signal? Sanction of same-sex union stirs debate". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
18. ^ Toby Axelrod (September 15, 1995). "Rabbi in New York blesses lesbian union of assistant rabbi". Jweekly.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
19. ^ Stuart Vincent (February 1, 1988). "Rabbi Julius Goldberg, 72, Backed Egalitarian Service / Guided Growing Congregation Championed Egalitarian Services Jewish Center Developer". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
20. ^ Rather, John (April 4, 1999). "On Sunday, 'Let Us Pray' or 'Let Us Play'". The New York Times. Long Island (Ny). Retrieved August 10, 2010.
21. ^ Rather, John (November 5, 2000). "Church, State And Tuesday Converge". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
22. ^ Allan Richter, "Religious Institutions Try Innovative Fund-Raisers", The New York Times, February 12, 2006, accessed August 10, 2010
23. ^ Lin Payne, Stewart Ain, and Jonathan Mark, "Spiritual Disobedience: Orlando Rabbis Arrested Protesting Iran", Heritage Florida Jewish News, April 27, 2007, accessed August 10, 2010
24. ^ "Philip S. Krohn". The Virginian-Pilot. November 22, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
25. ^ "Rabbi". Farmingdale Wantagh Jewish Center. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
26. ^ Ain, Stewart (February 13, 1998). "Gov't To Move Ahead On Conversions". The Jewish Week. Retrieved August 10, 2010.