
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
Rabbi Wolkoff’s Prayer Lesson 226: “You Alone are Ad-nai”
Just before we recite the Song of the Sea, we [...]
Prayer Lesson 225: The Whole Nation Sang the Song
Ever since the Middle Ages, the Song of the Sea [...]
Prayer Lesson 224: A Drop For Each Plague
The high point of pesukei d’zimra, virtually the last [...]
Prayer Lesson 223: What’s Supposed to Happen When We Pray?
As we have previously noted, the core of the morning [...]
Prayer Lesson 222: Mi Kamocha Who Is Like You, Ad-nai?
Last Shabbat, Dr. Arthur Cederbaum asked a really interesting question. [...]
Prayer Lesson 221: Megillah Reflections
The Book of Esther which we read on Purim is [...]