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Index to Greater Portland Rabbis and Cantors
Rabbi and Cantor Alphabetic Index below
Synagogue
Clergy
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 Clergy
Congregation
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