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 197: Time is on your side: The first blessing before the Sh’ma
Before and after we recite the Sh’ma, we reflect on [...]
Prayer lesson 196: Baruch She’amar—”Blessed be the One who brought the world into being.”
What do we think of when we hear the word [...]
Prayer Lesson 195: Trees obscure the forest until kiddush lunch: The structure of the service
I once took a class on how to explain our [...]
Prayer lesson 194: “Not one of them remained”
The blessing right after the Shma, and right before the [...]
Prayer Lesson 193: “Heal us and we will be healed, the 8th blessing of the weekday Amidah”
The opening line of this blessing is a variant on [...]
Prayer Lesson 192: “For the Righteous…”
The 13th blessing of the Amidah begins this way: “Let [...]