Leadership is a partnership between our inspiring clergy, our friendly and helpful staff and our dedicated lay leaders.
Rabbi David K. Holtz
rabbi@tba-ny.org
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Rabbi David Holtz was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1987. After serving six years as the Associate Rabbi at Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, he was called to the pulpit of Temple Beth Abraham in 1993, where he is in his his 26th year as spiritual leader.
In addition to his many congregational responsibilities, Rabbi Holtz is very involved in the local community. He is a past-president of the Westchester Board of Rabbis, made up of rabbis of every denomination. He has chaired the Rivertowns Clergy Association, which works to improve interfaith relations, and which serves as an important moral voice in the community. He has twice served as president of the Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns, a service organization which helps fund local and international non-profits. He also teaches community-wide Adult Education courses, and is a guest-speaker on a variety of subjects. Rabbi Holtz lives in White Plains with his wife, Renée, and their three children, Yoni, Avi and Shira.
Cantor Margot E.B. Goldberg
cantor@tba-ny.org
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Cantor Margot Goldberg, fondly known as Cantor Margot, has been serving at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, NY since her graduation from Hebrew Union College in 1994. Cantor Margot loves teaching and singing with children of all ages as well as adults. She finds fulfillment in celebrating lifecycle events with the families she has come to know over the years she has been at TBA. Cantor Goldberg is married to Barry Goldberg, a Programmer for IBM. They are the proud parents of Tamir, who is the light of their lives.
Stuart Skolnick, Director of Temple Operations
sskolnick@tba-ny.org
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Stuart Skolnick has been the Director of Temple Operations at Temple Beth Abraham since January 2013 and in this capacity serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Temple Beth Abraham. He came to TBA after serving as Administrator at Temple Emanu-El in Livingston, NJ and Executive Director at Congregation Beth El in South Orange, NJ. Before entering this field Stuart held various senior management positions in the jewelry manufacturing industry. He also has a strong Judaic background including college course work, graduation from the Florence Melton Adult School and post-Melton courses. Stuart graduated from the University of Rochester and attended business law courses at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
As Director of Temple Operations Stuart watches over the Temple’s calendar, budget, and, together with the facility staff, physical plant. On a daily basis he interacts with the Clergy, Professional Staff, Committee Chairs, and TBA members. His work supports the initiatives of the TBA Board and implements Board policies. Stuart also supervises the production of regular Temple communications including the weekly electronic news, Shabbat Handout, and monthly Bulletin.
Felice Miller Baritz, Interim Director of Education
educator@tba-ny.org
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Hello. I’m Felice Miller Baritz and I’m so happy to meet you! I join Temple Beth Abraham as your Interim Director of Education. I bring my 18 years of experience in Congregational Education as both a teacher and the Director of the Religious School at Congregation Kol Ami in White Plains.
I’m super excited to be a part of your community and I’m already enjoying the opportunity to work with your wonderful teaching staff and clergy. You have an amazing faculty and they are devoted to your children and community. They have been generous in welcoming me.
Irene Metz, Clergy Coordinator
clergyassistant@tba-ny.org
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Irene Metz has been the Clergy Coordinator at Temple Beth Abraham since March 2014. She is a long term member at Community Synagogue of Rye where her personal volunteer involvement started small and has grown over the years. She has chaired the membership committee, served 6 years on the Board of Trustees, was a part of Reimagine, participated on search committees and is currently recording secretary on the Executive Committee. When her 35 year professional career in supply chain management at Scholastic, Inc. (publisher of children’s books, including Harry Potter and Hunger Games) concluded, the logical step for the next phase of her career was to combine her prior work experience with her commitment to the Jewish community – Temple Beth Abraham seems like that perfect workplace. She feels particularly lucky to have two synagogues to call home!
She and her husband Jonathan live in Rye Brook in an almost empty nest, with their two adult children, Joshua and Isabel, off pursuing careers and education. Irene enjoys attending the ballet, theater and movies, reading, gardening, and spending time with family and friends.
Alix Brown, Education and Program Coordinator
hebrewschool@tba-ny.org
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Alix Brown is a professional photographer and educator. After working in museums, galleries, non-profit arts organizations, a stint in the corporate world, and teaching in non-traditional classrooms from nursery to high school, she has recently returned to commercial photography. Her work can be found in private collections, restaurants, synagogues, and on websites, as well as in both print and online publications. She earned degrees from Cornell University and the School of Visual Arts.
Alix has lectured on “Photography and the Jewish Image” and is currently working on a book on that subject. She continues to work with teens to help them learn about and use photography as a way to explore identity, and empower them to make positive change in the world around them. Alix has collaborated with FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES and THE JEWISH LENS to enhance, design and develop curriculum with these goals in mind.
Maggie Lissy, Bookkeeper
bookkeeper@tba-ny.org
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Larry Murray, Facilities Supervisor
lmurray@tba-ny.org
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Jaime Valencia, Assistant Facilities Supervisor
jaime@tba-ny.org
Lay Leadership At Temple Beth Abraham
Volunteer leaders guide many of Temple Beth Abraham’s activities as members of our Board of Trustees, and committee chairs.
The Board of Trustees meets monthly, usually the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm. Board meetings are open to all members of Temple Beth Abraham.
| OFFICERS | ||||
| President | Jamie Wilson | President@tba-ny.org | ||
| Executive (First) Vice President | Jennifer Povman | ExecutiveVP@tba-ny.org | ||
| Second Vice President | Debra Dratell | VP@tba-ny.org | ||
| Recording Secretary | Mark Polisar | RecordingSecretary@tba-ny.org | ||
| Treasurer/Finance Chair | Marc Solomon | Treasurer@tba-ny.org | ||
| COMMITTEE CHAIRS | ||||
| Adult Education | Bernice Rogowitz | AdultEd@tba-ny.org | ||
| Board of Education | Audrey Gelfand & Leah Bloom | BoardofEd@tba-ny.org | ||
| Fundraising & Development | Amy Zerman | Fundraising@tba-ny.org | ||
| House | Roy Solomon | House@tba-ny.org | ||
| Member Services | Amy Friedman & Linda Walter | MemberServices@tba-ny.org | ||
| Ritual | Herb Baer | Ritual@tba-ny.org | ||
| Tikkun Olam | Melissa Baer & Andrea White | TikkunOlam@tba-ny.org | ||
| Israel | Marla Peers | IsraelCommittee@tba-ny.org | ||
| TRUSTEES | ||||
| Term Expiring 2019 | David Greenspoon | |||
| Dan Levi | ||||
| Glen Markowitz | ||||
| Allison Moskowitz | ||||
| Term Expiring 2020 | Neil Bruckner | |||
| Stuart Kolbert | ||||
| Loren Ratner | ||||
| Risa Swersey | ||||
| Term Expiring 2021 | Diane Gross | |||
| Julie Gur | ||||
| Liz Ross | ||||
| Meredith Siegel | ||||
| HONORARY TRUSTEES | ||||
| Barry S. Agdern | Robert Harris | Farron Roboff | ||
| Ruth Biloon | Michael Karnes | Pearl Ann Schwartz | ||
| Allison Fine | Liza Karsten | Dr. Richard Weiner | ||
| Dr. Stephen Gerstman | David Kaufman | Robert Zinman |
