About Our Rabbi
Marc Ekstrand
Rabbi
Rabbi Marc Ekstrand joined the Temple Emanu-El community in July 2016. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and also spent many years living in the Greater Cincinnati area. Rabbi Ekstrand came to the rabbinate by way of his first career as an engineer in the steel industry. He was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in May of 2016. Rabbi Ekstrand served student pulpits in Parkersburg and Bluefield, West Virginia and Portsmouth, Ohio during his time at HUC-JIR. Rabbi Ekstrand enjoys studying Hebrew poetry, modern Israeli history, Jewish mysticism, and liturgy. Rabbi Marc comes to the area with his partner Polly Berg, and their twins Nava and Ilan. You will also see his boys Michael and Aaron from time to time.
About Our Cantorial Soloist
Sherry Barnes
Cantorial Soloist
Sherry Barnes joined Temple Emanu-El in 1987. In May of 1989 she became an adult bat mitzvah and began teaching in the Religious School that fall. In 2001 Sherry became Temple Emanu-El’s first full-time Cantorial Soloist. She enjoys teaching adult Hebrew classes, B’nai Mitzvah students, as well as congregants interested in chanting Torah. She has the pleasure of leading the Temple Emanu-El Choir.
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2018 - 2019 Executive Board
| President See what our President has to say this month. |
Sean Bendick |
| 1st Vice President | Scott Zettler |
| VP of Buildings and Grounds | Geoff Hausmann |
| VP of Religious Practices | Jo Michaelson |
| Treasurer | Christopher Rock |
| Financial Secretary | Thomas Smith |
| Recording Secretary | Elyse Hicks |
| Corresponding Secretary | Deborah Linder |
| Past President | Gail Weber |
3 Year Trustees
Paul Kanfer | Steve Panikoff |
| Andy Parad | Russell Sheikowitz |
2 Year Trustees
| Stanley Bloustine | Abe Fisher |
| Erica McCaffrey | Amy Perry |
1 Year Trustees
| Susan Fornara | Barbara Luftglass-Morea |
| Jo-el Fernandez | Marcia Reinhard |
Committee Chairs
| Membership | Erica McCaffery Allison Glickman |
| Social Action | Marty Zeldis |
| Communication | Susan Fornara |
| Religious School Committee | Caryn Novick |
| Sisterhood Presidents | Merrill Mazzella Janine Sitko |
| Brotherhood President | Jonathan Rowe |
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