2004-12-07 Jerry Goldberg |
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Goldberg and friends find rabbi, Jewishsightseeing.com, Dec.
7,
2004 |
Congregation Beth Israel
has had considerable rabbinical turnover in the last decade, but Goldberg says
Citrin, 58, has the qualities members of the congregation felt to be most
important in a rabbi. High among
them is Citrin’s ability to get along well with people on a personal level,
Goldberg said Additionally,
he said, the new rabbi is a “consensus builder,” who is respectful of
Congregation Beth Israel’s long tradition of lay leadership. Goldberg also serves as
the chairman of the Jewish Community Relations Committee of the United Jewish
Federation. Recently, he and other
Federation leaders decided to send an appeal by e-mail to Jewish community
members to sign an internet petition now being circulated by the World Jewish
Congress. The petition asks that the
United Nations adopt a stand-alone resolution condemning anti-Semitism.
WJC Chairman Edgar Bronfman is seeking to present one million signatures
on that petition this fall to dramatize global support for the measure. Those seeking to sign the petition may do so visiting the website: http://www.wjc.org.il |