Temple Rodef Shalom
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Temple Rodef Shalom (Reform) is the largest Jewish congregation in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Falls Church. Founded in 1962, it counts a membership of over 1300 households.[1]
In 1963, the Temple hired Laszlo Berkowits as its first rabbi. In 1998, it became the largest congregation in the United States to have a female rabbi, when it replaced Berkowits, who had decided to retire, with associate rabbi Amy Schwartzman.
The Temple also has an associate rabbi Marcus Burstein. It hired its first cantor, Michael Shochet, in 1998.
[edit] Notable members
- I. Lewis Libby (former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney), who was convicted in United States v. Libby on 6 March 2007, as a result of the grand jury investigation relating to the CIA leak scandal.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Union for Reform Judaism: Temple Rodef Shalom directory listing, accessed March 27, 2007.
- ^ Ron Kampeas, "Libby Jewish? Some Wonder How Neo-con's Faith Impacts Leak Scandal", Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) ("The Global News Service of the Jewish People") 2 November 2005, accessed 16 March 2007; rpt. in Ron Kampeas, "Did Libby's Jewishness Impact the CIA Leak Scandal?" Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), 6 November 2005; updated 7 November 2005; accessed 16 March 2007; cf. source given in Lewis Libby at the Notable Names Database: Tulsa Jewish Review 76.10 [December 2005]; "What's Nu" in Tulsa Jewish Review downloadable archived contents (December 2005); all accessed 26 March 2007.
[edit] External links
- Temple Rodef Shalom Official site.
- Union for Reform Judaism: Temple Rodef Shalom Directory listing.
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