
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 87 – Heal us: The 8th blessing of the weekday Amidah
The blessing for healing (number 8) follows immediately after the [...]
Prayer Lesson 86 – In Search of Redemption
In the weekday Amidah, there are 13 intermediate blessings. They [...]
Spiritual Nugget – In A Hurry
The Rabbi of Berditchev saw a man hurrying along the [...]
Spiritual Nugget – Drudgery
Rabbi Levi Yitzhak discovered that the girls who knead the [...]
Prayer Lesson 85 – Ten Tal Umatar: The mystery of December 4
In the weekday Amidah, in the prayer for a good [...]
Prayer Lesson 84 – Al Hanissim/Haneyrot Hallalu
During Chanukah, we add a special prayer to the Amidah. [...]