Index to Greater Portland Rabbis and Cantors

Rabbi and Cantor Alphabetic Index below

SynagogueClergy Known Years
Abraham S. & Fanny B. Levey Day School-Hillel Academy President David Freidenreich 2021
B'nai Portland Rabbi Laura Boenisch 2016 - to date (2019)
Beth HaKnesseth Anshe Sfard Rabbi Aaron Greenbaum
        Rabbi Mendel Lewittes
        Rabbi Abraham Miller
 
        Rabbi Morris Bekritsky 1948 - 1957
Chabad of Maine Rabbi Moshe Wilansky 1988 - present
        Rabbi Moshe Wilansky 2021
Congregation Bet Ha’am Rabbi David Sandmel 1985-1990
        Rabbi William "Billy" Berkowitz 1990 -1994
 
        Rabbi Paul Cohen 1994-2000
        Rabbi Alice Goldfinger 2000-2010
        Rabbi Sam Seicol 2010-2011
        Rabbi Jared Saks 2011-present
Congregation Beth Judah Rabbi Jacob Feinstein 1901-1902
 
Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh (Newbury St Shul) Rabbi Chaim Noson / Chaim Natan / Shohet 1915
Congregation Sharith Israel appointed first rabbi Israel Levine 1885 - 1890
        Rev Israel Levine 1885-1891
        Rabbi Hyman H Lasker 1890 - 1895
        Rabbi Abraham Moses Shershevsky 1895 - 1897
 
        Rabbi Lazarus Druker 1897-1900
        Rabbi Solomon David Ha-Kohen Sprince 1900-1904
Temple Beth El Rabbi Ephraim I Bennett 1948 - 1953
        Cantor Alfred G (Al) Goldman 1949 - 1953
        Cantor Ralph Sternberg 1950 - 1951
 
        Cantor Ralph Sternberg 1950 - 1951
        Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt 1951 - 1985
        Rabbi Mordecai S Chertoff 1953 - 1955
        Rabbi Lewis Grossman 1955- 1959
        Rabbi Raymond Leiman 1959 - 1961
 
        Rabbi Harry Sky 1961 - 1989
        Cantor Toby Hayman 1985 - 1988
        Cantor Ralph Sternberg 1988 - 1989
        Rabbi Seth Frisch 1989 - 1993
        Paul Aranson 1989 - 1999
 
        Stanley Elowitch 1989 - 1999
        Rabbi Harry Sky 1994 - 2012
        Rabbi Carolyn Braun 1994 - to date
        Cantor Daniel Leeman 1998
        Cantor Ruth L Ross 1999 - 2007
 
        Lay Cantor Dov Goldberg 2003 - 2012
        Rabbi Carolyn Braun 2021
        Cantor Daniel Leeman 2021
Temple Israel (Portland) member Alfred G (Al) Goldman 1950
        Cantor Ralph Sternberg 1950
 
Vaad Hoir Rabbi Aaron Greenbaum 1942 Aug
        Rabbi Mendel Lewittes 1942 Jan


Documenting Maine Jewry : Rabbi and Cantor Index

Name of ClergyCongregation Known Years
Lay Cantor Paul Aranson Temple Beth El 1989 - 1999
Rabbi Morris Bekritsky Beth HaKnesseth Anshe Sfard 1948 - 1957
Rabbi Ephraim I Bennett Temple Beth El 1948 - 1953
Rabbi William "Billy" Berkowitz Congregation Bet Ha’am 1990 -1994
Rabbi Laura Boenisch B'nai Portland 2016 - to date (2019)
 
Rabbi Carolyn Braun Temple Beth El 1994 - to date
        Temple Beth El 2021
Rabbi Mordecai S Chertoff Temple Beth El 1953 - 1955
Rabbi Paul Cohen Congregation Bet Ha’am 1994-2000
Rabbi Lazarus Druker Congregation Sharith Israel 1897-1900
 
Lay Cantor Stanley Elowitch Temple Beth El 1989 - 1999
Rabbi Jacob Feinstein Congregation Beth Judah 1901-1902
President David Freidenreich Abraham S. & Fanny B. Levey Day School-Hillel Academy 2021
Rabbi Seth Frisch Temple Beth El 1989 - 1993
Lay Cantor Dov Goldberg Temple Beth El 2003 - 2012
 
Rabbi Alice Goldfinger Congregation Bet Ha’am 2000-2010
Cantor Alfred G (Al) Goldman Temple Beth El 1949 - 1953
        Temple Israel (Portland) 1950
Rabbi Aaron Greenbaum Vaad Hoir 1942 Aug
        Beth HaKnesseth Anshe Sfard
 
Rabbi Lewis Grossman Temple Beth El 1955- 1959
Cantor Toby Hayman Temple Beth El 1985 - 1988
Rabbi Hyman H Lasker Congregation Sharith Israel 1890 - 1895
member Daniel Leeman Temple Beth El 1998
        Temple Beth El 2021
 
Rabbi Raymond Leiman Temple Beth El 1959 - 1961
appointed first rabbi Israel Levine Congregation Sharith Israel 1885 - 1890
        Congregation Sharith Israel 1885-1891
Rabbi Mendel Lewittes Vaad Hoir 1942 Jan
        Beth HaKnesseth Anshe Sfard
 
Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt Temple Beth El 1951 - 1985
Rabbi Abraham Miller Beth HaKnesseth Anshe Sfard
Cantor Ruth L Ross Temple Beth El 1999 - 2007
Rabbi Jared Saks Congregation Bet Ha’am 2011-present
Rabbi David Sandmel Congregation Bet Ha’am 1985-1990
 
Rabbi Sam Seicol Congregation Bet Ha’am 2010-2011
Rabbi Abraham Moses Shershevsky Congregation Sharith Israel 1895 - 1897
Rabbi Chaim Noson / Chaim Natan / Shohet Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh (Newbury St Shul) 1915
Rabbi Harry Sky Temple Beth El 1961 - 1989
        Temple Beth El 1994 - 2012
 
Rabbi Solomon David Ha-Kohen Sprince Congregation Sharith Israel 1900-1904
early member of Ralph Sternberg Temple Beth El 1950 - 1951
        Temple Beth El 1950 - 1951
        Temple Israel (Portland) 1950
        Temple Beth El 1988 - 1989
 
Rabbi Moshe Wilansky Chabad of Maine 1988 - present
        Chabad of Maine 2021