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This profile was last updated on 11/12/12  and contains information from public web pages and contributions from the ZoomInfo community.

President

Newton Clergy Association
 
Background

Employment History

  • President
    Massachusetts Board of Rabbis
  • Past-President
    Massachusetts Board of Rabbis
  • President of the Board of Rabbis and the Rabbi
    Temple Shalom
  • Rabbi
    Temple Shalom
  • Senior Rabbi
    Temple Shalom
  • Chairperson
    Jackson Clergy Network
  • Chairperson
    Jewish Community Relations Council of Bergen
  • Recognized Leader of Youth and Camping Programs
    Union of Reform Judaism
  • Rabbi
    The Teacher's Guide
  • President
    Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference
  • Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies
    Marymount Manhattan College
  • Rabbi
    National Board of ARZA

Board Memberships and Affiliations

  • Active Member
    Newton Clergy Association
  • Advisory Board Member
    JChoice.org
  • Board of Advisors Rabbi
    JChoice.org
  • Member of Executive Board
    Massachusetts Board of Rabbis
  • Dean of Faculty and Chairperson of the Education Committee
    URJ Eisner
  • Chairperson of the Committee On Youth
    CCAR
  • Treasurer of the Northeast Region
    CCAR
  • Adult Learning Committee
    Commission on Jewish Continuity

Education

  • State University of New York at Albany
  • Sociology and Judaic Studies
  • Master of Arts , Hebrew Literature
    HUC-JIR
194 Total References
Web References
Temple Shalom
www.templeshalom.org, 12 Nov 2012 [cached]
Rabbi Eric Gurvis
Rabbi Eric S. Gurvis Rabbi Eric Gurvis became Senior Rabbi of Temple Shalom on July 19, 1999. His rabbinic career spans almost 30 years including synagogues in New York City, Jackson, Mississippi, and Teaneck, New Jersey before coming to Temple Shalom. Rabbi Gurvis is a recognized leader of youth and camping programs in the Union of Reform Judaism. He served as Dean of Faculty and Chairperson of the Education Committee for the URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps from 1995-2011 and as chairperson of the Committee on Youth for the Central Conference of American Rabbis from 1986-1993. (CCAR is the professional organization of the North American Reform rabbinate). Rabbi Gurvis has served on the National Board of ARZA the Association of Reform Zionists of America and the Commission on Social Action of the URJ. Rabbi Gurvis has been active in interfaith affairs, having served as president of the Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference, founding chairperson of the Jackson Clergy Network, and as first chairperson of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Bergen and North Hudson Counties' task force on Inter Group Relations. He has served as President of the Newton Clergy Association since 2009.
He is past-chairperson of the Boston Area Reform Rabbis group, and is a past-president of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis. He has served on the Adult Learning Committee of the Commission on Jewish Continuity of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, and is member of the Board of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston. He is also a member of the Rabbinic Advisory Committee of JChoice.org and of the Hebrew College Rabbinic School. In 2008 Rabbi Gurvis was honored by Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston with the Rabbinic Achievement Award. In March of 2009 he was recognized by the Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Mikvah and Education Center as the recipient of their Nachshon Award for Leadership.
He is currently a part of the 3-year Rabbinic Leadership Initiative of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Gurvis served as an Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City and has taught at Tougaloo College and at Millsaps College in Jackson. He has also served as an Adjunct Faculty member at the Hebrew College Rabbinic School. Rabbi Gurvis is the author of the Teacher's Guide for Why Be Different? A Look Into Judaism, published by Behrman House, West Orange, New Jersey. He was a contributor to the URJ publication A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious - Program Guide. Rabbi Gurvis and his wife Laura have four children: Benjamin, Sarah, Aaron and Jacob and reside in Newton.
Rabbi Gurvis may be contacted via email ategurvis@templeshalom.org.
JCRC Leadership and Structure
www.jcrcboston.org, 4 Mar 2013 [cached]
Rabbi Eric Gurvis
Board of Advisors Rabbi Eric Gurvis - Jchoice.org
www.jchoice.org, 21 Oct 2012 [cached]
Rabbi Eric Gurvis
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Rabbi Eric Gurvis
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Board of Advisors Rabbi Eric Gurvis - Jchoice.org Advisory Board
Rabbi Eric Gurvis became Senior Rabbi of Temple Shalom on July 19, 1999. His rabbinic career spans over 20 years including synagogues in New York City, Jackson, Mississippi, and Teaneck, New Jersey before coming to Temple Shalom. Rabbi Gurvis is a recognized leader of youth and camping programs in the Union of Reform Judaism. He currently serves as Dean of Faculty and Chairperson of the Education Committee for the URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps. Rabbi Gurvis served as chairperson of the Committee on Youth for the Central Conference of American Rabbis from 1986-1993.(CCAR is the professional organization of the North American Reform rabbinate). Rabbi Gurvis serves on the National Board of ARZA the Association of Reform Zionists of America and has served on the Commission on Social Action of the URJ. Rabbi Gurvis has been active in interfaith affairs, having served as president of the Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference, founding chairperson of the Jackson Clergy Network, and as first chairperson of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Bergen and North Hudson Counties' task force on Inter Group Relations.
He is an active member of the Newton Clergy Association. He is past-chairperson of the Boston Area Reform Rabbis group, Treasurer of the Northeast Region of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and is a member of Executive Board of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis. He also serves on the Adult Learning Committee of the Commission on Jewish Continuity of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. Rabbi Gurvis served as an Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City and has taught at Tougaloo College and at Millsaps College in Jackson. Rabbi Gurvis is the author of the Teacher's Guide for Why Be Different? a Look Into Judaism, published by Behrman House, West Orange, New Jersey. He was a contributor to the URJ publication A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious - Program Guide. Rabbi Gurvis and his wife Laura have four children: Benjamin, Sarah, Aaron and Jacob and reside in Newton.
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Rabbi Gurvis may be contacted via email at egurvis@templeshalom.org.
Press Release w/ Mass. Board of Rabbis and Synagogue Council of Mass.
www.BostonCOEJL.org, 1 July 2008 [cached]
Rabbi Eric Gurvis, president of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, stated, "This is an important step for the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis.
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The MBR Executive Committee is led by President Rabbi Eric Gurvis.
Imam delivers
archives2007.ghazali.net, 6 Sept 2007 [cached]
"The statement calls on leaders and followers in both communities to renounce terrorism and hatred and calls for the building of bridges, and I find it hard to disagree with that," said Rabbi Eric Gurvis, the president of the Board of Rabbis and the rabbi of Temple Shalom in Newton.
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