
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 236: The Ashrei
The Ashrei: All Everything, Everyone, Every Way, All the Time [...]
Prayer Lesson 235: Be Not Ashamed
In the blessing right before the Sh’ma, we thank G-d [...]
Prayer Lesson 234: “May our eyes behold Your return to Zion”
The sweeping array of redemptive central blessings in the weekday Amidah leads [...]
Prayer Lesson 233: For Torah Comes Forth From Zion
As we remove the Torah from the ark, we recite [...]
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 [...]