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]
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| Congregation Agudath Achim | Little Rock, Arkansas | 2019-2021 | Ben Freed (2019-2021) |
References
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- http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/100506/mwNCaldwellPhilanthropists.html
- http://www.huntersvilleherald.com/news/2011/8/4/2520/new-galdstein-fellow-joins-beth-shalom-of-lake-norman<http://www.huntersvilleherald.com/news/2011/8/4/2520/new-galdstein-fellow-joins-beth-shalom-of-lake-norman/>
- http://m.fredericknewspost.com/your_life/life_news_collection/religion/beth-sholom-welcomes-visiting-rabbi/article_3c2d365a-ee6d-5c69-a642-aabc1604abd8.html?mode=jqm
- http://www.masorti.org.uk/newsblog/newsblog/news-single/article/meet-the-rabbi-rabbi-roni-tabick.html#.Vq9Rc4-cHIU
- http://www.jtsa.edu/jts-partners-with-congregation-chevrei-tzedek-to-expand-gladstein-fellowship-in-entrepreneurial-lead
- http://www.chevreitzedek.org/our-rabbi.html
- https://www.templeisraelcenter.org/About_Us/Who_We_Are/Clergy
- http://www.recordonline.com/news/20161011/rabbi-polisson-to-join-monroe-congregation