Temple welcomes new rabbi




Rabbi Benjamin Goldstein

Rabbi Benjamin Goldstein

Temple Aliyah recently hired Rabbi Benjamin Goldstein as the new second rabbi.

Goldstein spent the last five years as the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El Mekor Chayim in Cranford, N.J.

He is a graduate of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University in Los Angeles.

While living in Los Angeles, Goldstein worked for three years at Beit Teshuva, a residential treatment facility for drug and alcohol addiction.

During his studies, Goldstein traveled with the American Jewish World Service and the Joint Distribution Center.

In 2008, he went to Russia with the JDC and ran a week-long camp that culminated in the b’nei mitzvah of more than 50 children.

Originally from Rochester, N.Y., Goldstein attended Boston University and graduated with a joint concentration in psychology and philosophy.

The rabbi will begin serving full time on Mon., July 18.

Temple Aliyah, founded in 1962 and currently under the direction of head Rabbi Stewart Vogel, is a Conservative Jewish synagogue in Woodland Hills with nearly 1,000 member families.


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