Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

• Senior Rabbi

  Beth Sholom Synagogue

• Contributor

  Canadian Jewish News

• President (past)

  Toronto Board of Rabbis

• President (past)

  Toronto Board of Rabbis

• Co-Chair

  Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Committee

• Chair (past)

  Christian Jewish Dialogue of Toronto

No certification information is available.

• BA, Political Science, Talmud

  Bar Ilan University

• MHL, Rabbinics

  Israeli Chief Rabbinate

Beth Sholom's rabbi, Aaron Flanzraich, was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1966.He attended Bar Ilan University, and was admitted into the University's prestigious Advanced Talmudic Institute. In 1991 he received a dual ordination from Yeshivat Sha'ar Ephraim, and the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. As Senior Rabbi since 1998, Rabbi Flanzraich instituted a Kosher Food Bank, a Summer Work Program for Jewish teenagers, and assisted in implementing the Out of the Cold program for the homeless. He is president of the Toronto Board of Rabbis (www.torontoboardofrabbis.org), president of the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Toronto (www.cjdt.org), a board member of the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus, a member of Israel Bond's Rabbinic Cabinet and is the authour of a book on combating Jewish fundamentalism called, "The Small Still Voice". Rabbi Flanzraich is also a frequent guest on TVO, Vision TV, and the CBC.