Meet Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk

This is an exciting time for Fairmount Temple as we experience a renewal of energy within our walls and beyond, as we explore new avenues of worshipping and learning together, and as welcome our new Senior Rabbi – Rabbi Robert A. Nosanchuk. 

Rabbi Nosanchuk, who will join us in July 2010, has been Senior Rabbi since 2004 of Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, a 480 family congregation in Reston, Virginia. After being a solo rabbi in his current congregation, he is looking forward to developing a true partnership with everyone at Fairmount Temple.

Immediate Past President Brian Young said, "Rabbi Nosanchuk is personable, kind, and down to earth.  His sermons are inspiring and he has a passion for teaching.  He enjoys making connections among people and being a presence in the larger Jewish community.  He has creative ideas for moving our historic congregation forward."

Previous to his leadership of the synagogue in Reston, Virginia, Rabbi Nosanchuk served for several years as an associate rabbi at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and as Rabbinical Intern at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester in New York. He was also Education Director for the Agency for Jewish Education of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and an Assistant Director of URJ Camp Harlam in Pennsylvania. 

“I am honored by this opportunity to join Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple as Senior Rabbi. I am eager to celebrate Judaism in Cleveland, a community where I can grow professionally while establishing enduring roots in a new congregation,” said Rabbi Nosanchuk.

Rabbi Nosanchuk is a graduate of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (New York) and was ordained in 2001.  He has a Master’s of Arts in Hebrew Literature and in Jewish Communal Service from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles).  He graduated with honors from Michigan State University with a Bachelors of Arts in Humanities in 1991

 "I see my role as helping people incorporate Jewish teachings into their everyday lives, both in day-to-day actions, and the unique times that bind us together in our Jewish faith," said Rabbi Nosanchuk. "The way we relate to each other in a community is sacred.  I truly value sharing the Sabbath, holidays and lifecycle events with my congregation. That is why I chose to become a rabbi: to teach and relate with people at unique moments in their lives.”