Rabbi Cantor Menachem Toren
Rabbi 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,” Rabbi Cantor
Daily, Rabbi Toren works towards enriching the lives of his “extended family,” the Pine Brook Jewish Center congregants, through his pastoral work, passionate cantorial prayers and chants, working with the preschool and religious school children and teens, and being evolved in every aspect of PBJC. His door is always open. 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 Preschool and Religious School and loved celebrating their
Rabbi Toren has embraced his new role as both the Rabbi and Cantor of PBJC and looks forward to leading our community into the future.
Rabbi Emeritus Mark Finkel
Rabbi Finkel served for eighteen years 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 served as Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice President of the New Jersey Region. Rabbi Finkel was
Rabbi Finkel, Abby,
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