Rabbi
Arturo L.
Kalfus |
Rabbi Arturo L. Kalfus joined the clergy team
in the summer of 2003.
At Fairmount Temple, Rabbi Kalfus has been involved with adult education,
including creating the popular Monday Night Learning program. He has
led social activism projects, including several Darfur-related events,
and coordinated movie nights for congregants. He leads small chavurot
of learning, as well as leading Wednesday Morning Learning and
Downtown Lunch and Learn.
Before joining Fairmount Temple, was a rabbi at Temple Emeth in
Teaneck, New Jersey. Rabbi Kalfus also served at two New York congregations,
Temple Beth Emeth in Albany and Temple Emanuel in New Hyde Park. Rabbi Kalfus is a Rabbinic Fellow at the Shalom Hartman
Institute in Jerusalem, Center for Rabbinic Enrichment.
Rabbi Kalfus was ordained in 1992 from Hebrew Union College - Jewish
Institute of Religion, and he holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree with honors in Jewish History and Philosophy from Hebrew University
in Jerusalem. He has participated in a program on Language, Culture and
Civilization at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
Rabbi Kalfus has coordinated and taught adult education programs,
expanded outreach activities for interfaith families, and taught an array
of courses, including Survey of Latin American Judaism, Learning Jewish
Theology for the Seeking Adult, and Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought.
Rabbi Kalfus is married to Phyllis Meyers and they are parents of two
children.
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Rabbi
Joshua L.
Caruso |
Rabbi Joshua L. Caruso
has been a member of the Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple clergy team since
2002.
At Fairmount Temple, Rabbi Caruso has been involved with many social action
initiatives, including leading the synagogue’s Congregation-Based
Community Organizing (CBCO) efforts. This grounds-up approach examines
the root causes of societal problems and explores ways of creating
fundamental change. He is also directs Fairmount Temple’s annual Martin
Luther King Community Day in which families gather in the spirit of Rev.
King to participate in social action projects and interfaith dialogue.
From 2007-09 he served as Director of the synagogue’s
Religious School, which provides a nurturing and stimulating Jewish
educational environment for almost 500 students. Rabbi Caruso is also
active with many groups within the temple, including the Young People’s
Congregation (YPC) which blends social and religious activities for
young people and families with young children.
In 2005, he participated in a Young Leadership
Division Trip to Israel and he serves on the Jewish Community Federation
of Cleveland’s Israel Action Committee. He leads adult, family and
interfaith education programs at Fairmount Temple and developed its
current Adult B’nai Mitzvah program.
Ordained in 1998 at Hebrew Union College - Jewish
Institute in New York, Rabbi Caruso first served four years as an
associate rabbi at Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York before
moving to Cleveland.
He
and his wife, Leah, have three young children.
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Cantor
Sarah
J.
Sager |
Cantor
Sarah J. Sager has been the Cantor of
Fairmount Temple since 1980, and is the first person in the history of this
congregation to hold the position of Cantor. She was invested by the
Hebrew Union College - School of Sacred Music in New York and was one of
the first women in the world to hold the title of Cantor. Cantor Sager is a
graduate, Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude, of Brown University and also
holds a Master's Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.
In recent years, Cantor Sager's career has taken on an additional
dimension. She has become quite sought-after as a speaker on the topic of
Judaism & Feminism, particularly as it relates to the images of women
in our tradition. She was the keynote speaker at the 1993 Biennial
Convention of the Women of Reform Judaism in San Francisco. Her address at
that time was entitled: "Sarah's Hidden Voice: Recovering and
Discovering Women's Spirituality." As a result of her charge to the
assembly, the Women of Reform Judaism voted to undertake the project of a
transformative commentary to the Torah that will include feminist
commentary, interpretations and scholarship in an effort to uncover and
recover women's voices from our tradition and enable women to interact
freely with our sacred texts in the future. The much-acclaimed, The
Torah: A Women's Commentary, was published in 2007. She receives frequent
invitations to serve as Scholar-in-Residence on this topic and in the more
traditional field of Jewish music.
Cantor Sager has been honored for her contributions to the Jewish
community and for her spiritual leadership by the State of Israel Bonds,
and the Commission for Women's Equality of the American Jewish Congress.
Cantor Sager serves on the Commission on Synagogue Music of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations. She is also involved in the creation of a
new clergy manual - through a committee of representatives from both the
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) and the American Conference
of Cantors (ACC). She is married to William R. Joseph and is the proud
mother of a son and daughter.
Listen to Cantor Sager now! Select a format:
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FAIRMOUNT TEMPLE STAFF MEMBERS
216-464-1330 (General Number)
216-464-5890 (Religious School)
216-464-1752 (Pre-School)
E-mails of staff members below
Steve Borstein, Executive Director,
Sborstein@fairmounttemple.org
Marla Wolf, Director of Religious School
Mwolf@fairmounttemple.org
Staci Cohen, Assistant Director of Religious
School
Scohen@fairmounttemple.org
Pam Deutsch, Director of the Early Childhood
Center
Pdeutsch@fairmounttemple.org
Wendy Jacobson, Caring Community Coordinator,
includes special projects like Community Kitchen and Grief Support
Group, as well as connecting congregants with needs during these
tough economic times with others who have offered services.
Wjacobson@fairmounttemple.org
Joey Laidman, Religious School
Administrator/Registration
Jlaidman@fairmounttemple.org
Debbi Lazarus, Office Manager,
Dlazarus@fairmounttemple.org
Julie Moss, Librarian for the Arthur J. Lelyveld
Center for Jewish Learning - e-mail for information on book availability
and to put a book on hold.
Jmoss@fairmounttemple.org
Laura Munson, Communications Director and
oversees the Bulletin.
Lmunson@fairmounttemple.org
Dan Utley, Program Coordinator,
Dutley@fairmounttemple.org
Suzie Myers,
Membership Coordinator,
Smyers@fairmounttemple.org
Clergy Support Staff:
For Rabbi Arturo Kalfus, contact Hedy Silber at
Hsilber@fairmounttemple.org
For Rabbi Joshua Caruso, contact Cathy Lipton at
Clipton@fairmounttemple.org
For Cantor Sarah Sager, contact Iris Greene at
Igreene@fairmounttemple.org
To Learn more about Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, who
will become Senior Rabbi at Fairmount Temple in July, 2010, click here
for a
Cleveland Jewish News article, and here for a
Sun Newspapers Snapshot profile. |
