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Jack Korbman has been our Cantor for many years. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, he is a fifth generation Cantor, and his father was both a Rabbi and a Cantor. As a youngster, Cantor Korbman was the alto soloist for the Mark Silver Choir and sang with the prominent Cantors Berele Chagy, Marice Ganchoff and Samual Vigoda. His mother gave him a firm foundation in piano and always took him to hear and learn from the great Cantors of that era. Cantor Korbman is a graduate from Upsala College and holds a Masters Degree from Seton Hall University. He has retired from his position as a school administrator for the Newark Board of Education.
Every one of the children who has ever been trained for his Bar or her Bat Mitzvah by Cantor Korbman would readily admit that due to his warmth and dedication he was a driving force in their studies, in their enjoyment of learning, and in their feeling of confidence on the bimah. He understands children, relates to them, and motivates them in ways that few teachers, religious or secular, could ever hope to achieve. Cantor Korbman resides in Livingston with his wife Barbara. They have three grown sons: Jeffrey, Mark Jiorle, and Barry. |
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Rabbi Mark Biller |
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Born in Toronto, Canada, Rabbi Biller brings his love and appreciation of people, storytelling, Talmudic and Midrashic texts, art, music, cars, drama, sculpture and other things of beauty to the pulpit. Rabbi Biller is blessed with extensive and diverse educational training. He attended twelve years of Hebrew Day School in Toronto and a year of Yeshiva study in Jerusalem. Rabbi subsequently graduated from the University of Toronto and completed Rabbinic Training and Ordination at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York. During his years at J.T.S., he took part in a chaplaincy internship at Sloane-Kettering Hospital and pursued the study of Bibliodrama. Rabbi Biller is also trained in Grief Counseling and group process. Prior to attending Rabbinical School, Rabbi Biller was already the leader of a small Conservative synagogue in Toronto. He supervised a 600-student afternoon Hebrew School and, with his wife, started and ran several Jewish Youth groups. Rabbi is married to Ellen Sokoloff Biller and is the glowing father of Mira and Julian. Rabbi Biller is a member of the Ontario Rabbinical Assembly, the Toronto Board of Rabbis and the Advisory Board of Elat Chayyim Study and Retreat Center. He has held pulpits in Ontario, New York, Alabama, and now New Jersey. Rabbi Biller experiences and teaches Torah as an extension of a living family album - our collective repository of inspiration, truth and family history – an album of which we are all a part, and to which we are all continually adding. Rabbi Biller encourages dynamic participation during services and encourages congregants to actively pursue their personal spiritual development. At Adath Shalom, Judaism and Rabbi Biller ask the ongoing question: “What is this teaching helping you become … ?” |
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