
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 232: Lord of Hosts
The verse that gives the kedushah its name is the famous proclamation [...]
Prayer Lesson 231: G-d’s Glory: The Power of Juxtaposition
In the collection of verses we recite right before the ashrei of pesukei [...]
Prayer Lesson 230: “Make Our Eyes Shine through Your Torah”
The 2nd blessing before (and immediately preceding) the Sh’ma sings the praises [...]
Prayer Lesson 229: The Shema and the Ten Commandments
There is one thing missing from the siddur that we [...]
Prayer Lesson 228: The Lord Is My Shepherd, In More Ways Than One
In the Amidah, right before we prayer that we [...]
Prayer Lesson 227: G-d Loves the Righteous, And Other Basket Cases
In Ps. 146, which we read as a part of [...]