Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff came to us in July of 2007 from Congregation Agudath Achim in Savannah, Georgia where he was their spiritual leader since 1995.
Robert L. Wolkoff is a graduate of Wesleyan University and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary. In Sweden, the rabbi served as co-chair of the Council of Christians and Jews and as a member of the Swedish Free Church Trialogue of Moslems, Christians, and Jews. While in Sweden the rabbi met his wife, Ruth-Ann, who was on a business trip at the time. The two married and returned to America in 1993, where they lived in Appleton, Wisconsin for several years. He is a past President of the Southeast Region Rabbinical Assembly and member of the Executive Council of the Rabbinical Assembly. As past president of the Greater Carolinas Association of Rabbis, he fostered cooperation and harmony in one of largest interdenominational rabbinical organizations in America. Rabbi Wolkoff founded and served as director of Blackfire, which raised the Jewish public profile in Scandinavia, defended the Jewish community against governmental, academic, and theological anti-Semitism, and presented a Jewish perspective on social issues and Israel. Rabbi Wolkoff relocated to the parsonage in North Brunswick in August of 2007 with his wife, Ruth-Ann, and their three children, twins Ethan & Joseph, and daughter Dhalia Orli who was 9 months old at the time.
From the Rabbi’s Desk – Articles & Sermon
Prayer Lesson 137: The Kingdom of David
The 15th blessing of the Amidah is a petition to G-d to restore [...]
Prayer Lesson 136: Blessing 14 – Jerusalem
Our tradition tells us that we should hold Jerusalem higher [...]
Prayer Lesson 135: Tal, the prayer for Dew
There are only a few prayers that are recited only [...]
Prayer Lesson 134 “For the Righteous”: The 13th blessing of the weekday Amidah
“Show compassion to the righteous (the tzaddik), to the pious, to [...]
Prayer Lesson 133: Heretics and slanderers—the 12th blessing of the weekday Amidah
There is probably no prayer in our siddur more [...]
Prayer lesson 132, a call for justice: the 11th blessing of the weekday Amidah
Perceptions change over time. Things that are obvious to one [...]