Meet Our Clergy

Rabbi Howard Siegel

Rabbi Howard Siegel received a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Minnesota, a Bachelor of Hebrew Literature from the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, a Master of Arts in Judaica and rabbinical ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York.  He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by JTS.

For the past 15 years, he has been an interim rabbi for congregations in Los Angeles CA, San Antonio TX, Vancouver BC, Tampa FL, Charlotte NC, Merrick and Harrison, NY.

Rabbi Siegel’s honors include: The Rae & Edmund Hecht Houston Jewish Community Rabbinic Award, Congressional Recognition for Work with Hunger & Homelessness, Hennepin County (MN) Award of Distinction for Work with Hunger and the Lillian M. Lowenfield Prize in Practical Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary. To reach Rabbi Siegel please contact the synagogue office or email him at RabbiSiegel@FLJC.com.

Cantor Yoni Stokar

Yoni Stokar is a musician and Chazan. He is the owner and musical director of Ta Shma Orchestra, a New Jersey-based band playing weddings, bar mitzvahs, and other Jewish events. Yoni has led davening services and ran children’s musical programming for schools and synagogues all across the US. Yoni also works full time as an Occupational Therapist, treating elderly patients in their homes in New York City and Jersey. Click here to learn more about his debut album “Atzeres.”

Rabbi Emeritus

Rabbi Ronald Roth became the Rabbi of the Congregation B’nai Sholom/Fair Lawn Jewish Center in 2007. He was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, and spent his childhood in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Cornell University with a BA in theatre arts and then spent three years as a teacher before attending the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he received an M.A. in Rabbinics and Rabbinic Ordination in 1978. He has been the Rabbi of the Beth El Synagogue in East Windsor New Jersey, and the West End Synagogue in Nashville, Tennessee.

Rabbi Roth retired from our congregation in 2018. He continues to teach adult education for the congregation and is an active member of the Fair Lawn Borough Community Relations Advisory Committee. Rabbi Roth is also the author of The Jews of Pacov Remembered in Fair Lawn, NJ and Pacov Journey.

Rabbi Emeritus

Rabbi Simon Glustrom (ZT”L) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1948. He spent 2 years as the rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Durham, North Carolina before accepting an appointment to serve as the first rabbi at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center in 1950. Rabbi Glustrom served as Rabbi from 1950 until his retirement in 1991, when he was granted the title of Rabbi Emeritus. He is the author of several books, including “I Would Do It Again—Perhaps” and “Unfinished Journey: A Rabbi’s Bout With Doubt.”

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