Gladstein Fellowship

The Gladstein Fellowship is a program operated by the Jewish Theological Seminary allowing selected students of the seminary to serve in the capacity of rabbi of a selected congregation.

Congregations selected by JTS to benefit from the Gladstein Fellowship program are offered three Gladstein fellows each for a two-year period for a total of six years with the option of hiring any of the fellows to a permanent position. Gladstein fellows normally visit the congregations for which they are selected monthly, are available to congregants by phone and email at other times, and receive a stipend in exchange for their services.[1]

History

The Gladstein Fellowship program was founded by Ned and Jane Gladstein in 2003. The first congregation to benefit from the program was Loudon Jewish Congregation in Leesburg, Virginia.[2]

List of benefiting congregations

Congregation name Location Years Fellows
Sha’are Shalom[2] Leesburg, Virginia Michael Ragozin[2]
Beth Shalom[1] Lake Norman, North Carolina Adam Baldachin (2011–13)[3]
Beth Sholom Frederick, Maryland 2013- Jordan Hersh (2013–15)[4]
New Stoke Newington Shul London, England 2013-2015 Roni Tabick (2013–15)[5](Roni became synagogue's rabbi after ordination in 2015)
Chevrei Tzedek Congregation Baltimore, Maryland 2015-2019 Emily Barton (2015–17);[6] Rory Katz (2017-2019 and hired after ordination)[7]
Congregation Eitz Chaim Monroe, New York 2016–Present Louis Polisson (2016-2018)[8]
[9] Ariana Siegel (2018–2020)
Congregation Agudath Achim Little Rock, Arkansas 2019-2021 Ben Freed (2019-2021)

References

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