Rabbi Mark David Finkel
Rabbi Finkel recently marked his fourteenth anniversary as Rabbi at the Pine Brook Jewish Center after having served as Rabbi of Beth Abraham in Nashua for almost seventeen years. A native of Milton, Massachusetts, Rabbi Finkel graduated the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1979 after a year as a visiting student in Israel at the Hebrew University.
He did his undergraduate work at New York University with a double major in Near Eastern Literature and Languages and Economics. He also holds an MA in history from NYU and
Rabbi Finkel received
In his younger years, Rabbi Finkel spent summers at
During the summer of 1996, Rabbi Finkel served as visiting Rabbi in a new congregation in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. Rabbi Finkel is a member of the Jewish Youth Directors Association and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.
Rabbi Finkel is also a member of the Rabbinical Assembly where he has served as Secretary and Vice President of the New Jersey Region, and he is
In our community, Rabbi Finkel is a founding board member of
Since their arrival, Rabbi Finkel, Abby,
When their schedules allow, Abby and Rabbi enjoy theater and cultural events and watching their children take part in community and school events. Their favorite place to unwind is Cape Cod. They are so proud of all of their children and
Cantor Menachem Toren
Cantor Toren has been an integral part of the Pine Brook Jewish Center community since 1998. A love for Judaism and cantorial prayer has been the fabric of the Toren-Tirnover family for generations upon generations. Named after his paternal grandfather Mendel Tirnover, a famed Jerusalem Cantor, Cantor Toren followed in the footsteps of one of the most renowned cantorial families in Israel.
Better known as “The Boy with the Kippa” on Israel’s most popular children’s TV show, “Rich-Ratch,” Cantor
Daily, Cantor Toren works towards enriching the lives of his “extended family,” the Pine Brook Jewish Center congregants, through his passionate cantorial prayers and chants, working with the nursery school and religious school children, preparing our Bar/Bat Mitzvah teens, and being evolved in every aspect of PBJC. He and his wife Hadas have lived in Montville since they joined PBJC and have raised their children, Daniel, Yuval, and Libby in both the PBJC and Montville communities.
They all attended both PBJC Nursery School and Religious School and loved celebrating their
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