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LEADERSHIP


Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein
Rabbi@asbi.org

Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein was the founding Rabbi of Prospect Heights Shul in Brooklyn, New York, subsequently served as Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Sherith Israel in Nashville, Tennessee, and was chair of the Nashville Board of Rabbis. Before coming to ASBI, he was Middle School Rabbi at Milken Community School in Los Angeles, serving in that role to gather students, families, faculty, and administrators around a shared vision for Jewish life and learning. He received semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 2011. Originally from Berkeley, Rabbi Finkelstein graduated from
Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Political Science
as well as in Jewish and Near Eastern Studies.

Rabbi Finkelstein was a 2015–2016 fellow in Yeshiva University’s certificate program in Experiential Jewish Education, and taught Judaic Studies at both Hannah Senesh Community Day School in Brooklyn and Akiva School in Nashville. In addition to hobbies like basketball and running, Rabbi Finkelstein is an avid cook and baker, and loves to host meals with his wife Julie. He is also a proud Abba to their daughters Yara and Amalya.


ADMINISTRATION

CUSTODIAL

  • Barbara Pjetrushi

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  • President: Charles Abrams president@asbi.org
  • VP - Fundraising & Development: Isabel Singer
  • VP - Ritual: David Eisenstein
  • VP - House: Matthew Seidner
  • VP - Financial: Joseph Goodman
  • YP - Education: Binyamin Cohen
  • VP - Membership: Irene Lehrer Sandalow
  • VP - Family Programming: Rebecca Koren
  • Immediate Past President: Linda Saiger
  • Recording Secretary: Jennifer Loeb
  • Board Chairman: Aaron Feigelson

ASBI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Camila Altman
  • Neil Berkowitz
  • Maayan Friedland
  • Eli Friedman
  • Moses Gaynor
  • Peter Goldman
  • Ali Grange
  • Jacob Hartz
  • Nathan Kasimer
  • Daniel Katz
  • Ann Levenson
  • Ruth Lipman
  • Josh Markowitz
  • Michael Newberger
  • Marilyn Rest
  • Benjamin Rubin
  • Nissim Said
  • Avi Saiger
  • Rachel Salem
  • AJ Varon

RITUAL

  • Gabbaim - Josh Ehrlich, Nathan Kasimer, and Avi Saiger
  • Gabbayit - Ranana Dine & Becca Shrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tue, February 18 2025 20 Shevat 5785