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CLERGY, BOARD & STAFF

 

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RABBI ANTHONY KNOPF

 

Mara D'atra

Rabbi Anthony Knopf is a Rabbi and community educator from Manchester, England who previously served as Associate Rabbi at Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue in London and as Rabbi of Camps Bay Shul in Cape Town. From a Bnei Akiva background, Knopf got his BA in Theology from Cambridge University in 2002 and achieved his Semicha in 2006 from Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg in Israel.

“I teach Torah in a way which shows its relevance to the issues people grapple with in everyday life and to social justice. I am passionate about understanding and teaching Jewish values and exploring the ways in which communities can reflect those values. I believe strongly in the power of community to bring out the best in people and to form a space for applying and living Jewish values.”
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Rabbi Knopf is married to Carly and has four children: Dovid, Rachelli, Yehuda and Avrami.

rabbiknopf@bethora.org
 

RABBI HESHY BENSHIMON

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Shaliach Tzibur

Rabbi Heshy Benshimon is a native Montrealer who graduated from the Rabbinical College of Montreal in 2007 and got his degree in scriptural writing in Melbourne Australia.

​From 2008-2010, Rabbi Benshimon studied Rabbinic Ordinance and got his degree in slaughtering and rabbinic ordination. He lived in Israel for six months and then moved back to Montreal and gave Torah classes in the Yeshiva and Beth Rivkah, and continued writing scriptures.

​Rabbi Benshimon is married to Sarah and has five children: Natan, Shalom, Menachem Mendel, Miriam and Chaviva

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ERIC DYM

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE

Eric Dym - President
Joel Greenberg - 1st Vice President
George Lubell - 2nd Vice President
Jeff Pinsky - 3rd Vice President
Steven Kronish - Treasurer
Marvin Braude - Secretary
Benjie Smith - Gabbai
Stephanie Tabac - Immediate Past President
Nadine Anders - Past Presidents Representative
Gerry Abish - Trustee
Jacquie Ludwick - Trustee
Leonard Sitcoff - Trustee
Ted Greenfield - Lifetime Trustee

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rebecca Alter, Howard Brown, Arlene Dym, Dora Edelstein, Saul Edelstein, Guy Elbaz, Irwin Glazer, Michael Grodinsky, George Gross, Murray Itscovitch, Hana Lipkowitz, Sandy Sitcoff, Jordan Stoopler, Steve Tabac, Mendy Waxman.

STAFF

Allison Plachcinski

Administration & Programming Manager - allison.plachcinski@bethora.org

Arielle Aqua

Bookeeper - arielle.aqua@bethora.org

Nessya Nakache

nessya.nakache@bethora.org

Mon, June 30 2025 4 Tammuz 5785