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About Rabbi Reuven Spolter

Raised in Silver Spring , Maryland , Rabbi Reuven Spolter attended Yeshivat Sha'alvim in Israel for two years after High School. After completing a degree in computer science from Yeshiva University 's Yeshiva College , Rabbi Spolter continued his studies at Yeshiva both at the Azrieli Graduate School for Jewish Education and Administration, and at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, earning a Masters Degree in Jewish Education in 1998 and rabbinical ordination in 1997.

Rabbi Spolter spent three years as rabbi of Congregation Agudas Achim of West Hartford , CT where he also taught Judaic studies at the Hebrew High School of New England.

Rabbi Spolter is currently the spiritual leader of the Young Israel of Oak Park, in Oak Park , MI . He served as a me mber of the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, is a member of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Detroit, the Michigan Board of Rabbis, and this year (2002) co-chaired the national convention of the National Council of Young Israel.

Rabbi Spolter recently participated in the OU's Synagogue Leadership Conference in Milwaukee , WI , where he offered a presentation on “Creating Meaningful Programs that Work.”

Julie Margolis, Executive Assistant, email: julie@yiop.org

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Rabbi Asaf Cohen, Youth Director, email asf@torahmitzion.org

Executive Board

President - Dr. Steven Lorch

Chairman of the Board - Aaron Kleid

Vice President/Gabbai - David Barth

Treasurer - Charles Snow

Financial Secretary - Milton Neuman

Recording Secretary - Jennifer Epstein Rube

Corresponding Secretary - Esther Sherizen