RABBI Harvey Hoffman, our Ba'al Korei, officiated for eight-and-a-half years as the pulpit Rabbi of Century Pines Jewish Center, located in Century Village of Pembroke Pines, Florida prior to assuming the position of Torah reader of Temple Emanuel of Miami Beach. Before Century Pines, he spent ten years leading services as Spiritual leader in Whitestone Hebrew Center, of Queens and in North Baldwin Jewish Center in Nassau County, NY. Earliest in his synagogue career, before getting his rabbinic ordination, he served for five years as Cantor of Congregation Ahavat Shalom of Lakewood, New Jersey. Rabbi Hoffman lives in Century Village of Pembroke Pines, where he has lived for the past nine years.
STAFF
Barbara L. Breslow, Executive Director
Barbara is excited to be a member of the staff at Temple Emanu-El. She is originally from New York, first the Bronx and then upstate Rockland County (New City). Barbara has lived in South Florida most of her life, since she prefers the warm weather.
Prior to her position at Temple Emanu-El, Barbara worked for the for-profit sector for over twenty years. She was the Plant Manager/Controller for USA Today. She also was the Controller for two other South Florida printing companies. Barbara is enthusiastic about bringing her many years of experience in Finance and Management to Temple Emanu-El. She has two sons, Joshua and Brandon, who are her pride and joy. Both her sons are married and Barbara has welcomed Reggie and Lara to the family. |
Suzanne Whiteley, Facilities Manager
Suzanne is originally from Brooklyn, and has lived in Florida since 1978.
Prior to coming to Temple Emanu-El, Suzanne worked for 25 years at Gannett Offset in both Accounting as their Assistant Controller & Building Maintenance. When she is not working, she does a tremendous amount of community service due to her love of animals, specifically, she goes out to take care of feral cats and kittens three nights a week at several different locations in Broward County. Suzanne loves to travel and cruise. She loves learning about different heritages, traditions and religions. She is getting quite the education right here at Temple Emanu-El Suzanne has one daughter, Destinee who she refers to as her "free spirit". She is also the proud grandmother to Vayda and Starla. |
Hector Priven, Music Director
Hector has been Music Director at Temple Emanu-El since 2005.
Born in Argentina, he was actively involved in the Jewish community there for many years. Hector and his wife, Adriana (a teacher at Beth Moshe) moved to Miami in 2005 along with their two children, Zequi and Lara. |
Liora Ramati - Hebrew Teacher and B'nai Mitzvah Tutor
We are very fortunate to have on faculty, Liora Ramati. Liora has been part of Temple Emanu-El of South Beach for the past 15 years. Born and raised in Israel, she shares with us her professional background working with Jewish social agencies and youth organizations to enhance the learning for all of our Hebrew students.
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LEADERSHIP
Rabbi: Harvey Hoffman
Executive Director/Finance Director: Barbara Breslow
Facilities Manager: Suzanne D. Whiteley
Chairman of the Board: Dr. Phillip Frost
Executive Vice Chairman of the Board: Jerry A. Jacobs*
Vice Chairman of the Board: Jacqueline Simkin
President: Joy Spill
First Vice President: Richard Lehrman
Second Vice President: Steve Kaplan
Treasurer: Richard Lehrman
Past President: David Greenberg
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Esther Berman
Caryn Tanis Boren
Sharon Jacobson
Anthony Japour
Vanessa Lustig
Jeffrey Rynor*
Lawrence Schantz*
Norman Schwartz
Shayna Sirkin
Liliana Torreh-Bayouth
Janet Wolk
ADVISORY BOARD
Geoffrey Aaronson
Arthur Anderman
Jerome Blank
Hon. Elaine Bloom
Dedee Cohen
Howard Cohen
Irving Cowan
Wayne Cypen
Barton Goldberg
Christopher Growald
Brian Heller
Tibor Hollo
Joan Muss
Stephen Muss*
George Weiss
*Past Presidents
Dr. Irving Lehrman, z’’l, Founding Rabbi
Mr. Sam Friedland, z”l Chairman Emeritus
Executive Director/Finance Director: Barbara Breslow
Facilities Manager: Suzanne D. Whiteley
Chairman of the Board: Dr. Phillip Frost
Executive Vice Chairman of the Board: Jerry A. Jacobs*
Vice Chairman of the Board: Jacqueline Simkin
President: Joy Spill
First Vice President: Richard Lehrman
Second Vice President: Steve Kaplan
Treasurer: Richard Lehrman
Past President: David Greenberg
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Esther Berman
Caryn Tanis Boren
Sharon Jacobson
Anthony Japour
Vanessa Lustig
Jeffrey Rynor*
Lawrence Schantz*
Norman Schwartz
Shayna Sirkin
Liliana Torreh-Bayouth
Janet Wolk
ADVISORY BOARD
Geoffrey Aaronson
Arthur Anderman
Jerome Blank
Hon. Elaine Bloom
Dedee Cohen
Howard Cohen
Irving Cowan
Wayne Cypen
Barton Goldberg
Christopher Growald
Brian Heller
Tibor Hollo
Joan Muss
Stephen Muss*
George Weiss
*Past Presidents
Dr. Irving Lehrman, z’’l, Founding Rabbi
Mr. Sam Friedland, z”l Chairman Emeritus