RABBI Marc Philippe received smicha from Yeshiva Toras Israel in Jerusalem, also known as Diaspora Yeshiva. He has been a citizen of the world since childhood, having grown up on four continents.
Rabbi Marc Philippe, his wife Valerie, and their three sons Ylan, Noam and Itai reside in Miami Beach where he is delighted to lead Temple Emanu-El and to serve the Jewish community.
Beyond his role at Temple Emanu-El, Rabbi Philippe is a cantor, musician, composer, and conductor. He earned his Masters degree at the prestigious Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and later received a second degree at the Conservatoire Maurice Ravel. Simultaneously, he studied at the Institutions Talmudiques Yeshiva Yad Mordechai. Rabbi Philippe honed his cantorial skills as a conductor at the Consistoire Israelite de Paris. He then served the Choeur et Orchestre Philharmonique Européen, Orchestre Paris Pops and the Orchestre de I’lle de la Cite in various professional capacities.
Rabbi Philippe’s history in America is no less distinguished. While working at B’nai Torah as Music Education Director he became the founder of the Jewish Symphony in Boca Raton. He then served as Cantor and Education Director for Beth El Congregation in Phoenix and later for Congregation B’nai Zion in El Paso. His sojourn in the Southwest resulted in his creating The Judaic Cultural Orchestra, which performed fundraising concerts for ARMDI and Hadassah. He was also a Chaplain for the Arizona Department of Corrections in Phoenix and the Detention Bureau for El Paso, TX, where he offered counseling, taught classes and led religious services.
He is a member of both the Chevra Kadisha of Miami and the Board of Mishkan Miami, the Jewish Chaplaincy Program of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. A practitioner of Jewish meditation, he has studied, practiced, taught classes, and organized retreats. He is the founder of the Kodesh House, a Jewish Spiritual Center in Miami, where sessions, classes, retreats and Seminars are offered in Kabbalistic Spirituality, Jewish meditation and alternative healing. Rabbi Marc Philippe is also a certified hypnotist and is particularly interested in past-life regressions.
Rabbi Marc Philippe is a fan of Reb Nachman of Breslav, of Chassidic philosophy in general, and of Kabbalah. His work as a pulpit rabbi has been greatly influenced by it and he strives to share the different concepts in order to achieve a close connection with the Divine. His work reaches way beyond the synagogue walls: he goes to offices or people's homes teaching "Lunch & Learn" and various learning sessions. Under his leadership, the synagogue has acquired the reputation of "the most welcoming Shul", offering a multitude of programming and services.
Passionate about Israel, he is also enthusiastic about outreach to the unaffiliated and to the Young Professionals. He and his wife Valerie host large monthly Shabbat dinners at their home and in a wide variety of venues throughout Miami. He is known for his exciting holiday cocktail events where Jews of all different backgrounds can mingle.
Rabbi Marc Philippe, his wife Valerie, and their three sons Ylan, Noam and Itai reside in Miami Beach where he is delighted to lead Temple Emanu-El and to serve the Jewish community.
Beyond his role at Temple Emanu-El, Rabbi Philippe is a cantor, musician, composer, and conductor. He earned his Masters degree at the prestigious Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and later received a second degree at the Conservatoire Maurice Ravel. Simultaneously, he studied at the Institutions Talmudiques Yeshiva Yad Mordechai. Rabbi Philippe honed his cantorial skills as a conductor at the Consistoire Israelite de Paris. He then served the Choeur et Orchestre Philharmonique Européen, Orchestre Paris Pops and the Orchestre de I’lle de la Cite in various professional capacities.
Rabbi Philippe’s history in America is no less distinguished. While working at B’nai Torah as Music Education Director he became the founder of the Jewish Symphony in Boca Raton. He then served as Cantor and Education Director for Beth El Congregation in Phoenix and later for Congregation B’nai Zion in El Paso. His sojourn in the Southwest resulted in his creating The Judaic Cultural Orchestra, which performed fundraising concerts for ARMDI and Hadassah. He was also a Chaplain for the Arizona Department of Corrections in Phoenix and the Detention Bureau for El Paso, TX, where he offered counseling, taught classes and led religious services.
He is a member of both the Chevra Kadisha of Miami and the Board of Mishkan Miami, the Jewish Chaplaincy Program of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. A practitioner of Jewish meditation, he has studied, practiced, taught classes, and organized retreats. He is the founder of the Kodesh House, a Jewish Spiritual Center in Miami, where sessions, classes, retreats and Seminars are offered in Kabbalistic Spirituality, Jewish meditation and alternative healing. Rabbi Marc Philippe is also a certified hypnotist and is particularly interested in past-life regressions.
Rabbi Marc Philippe is a fan of Reb Nachman of Breslav, of Chassidic philosophy in general, and of Kabbalah. His work as a pulpit rabbi has been greatly influenced by it and he strives to share the different concepts in order to achieve a close connection with the Divine. His work reaches way beyond the synagogue walls: he goes to offices or people's homes teaching "Lunch & Learn" and various learning sessions. Under his leadership, the synagogue has acquired the reputation of "the most welcoming Shul", offering a multitude of programming and services.
Passionate about Israel, he is also enthusiastic about outreach to the unaffiliated and to the Young Professionals. He and his wife Valerie host large monthly Shabbat dinners at their home and in a wide variety of venues throughout Miami. He is known for his exciting holiday cocktail events where Jews of all different backgrounds can mingle.
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/Finance 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. Brandon recently married Lara so she now has the daughter she always wanted. |
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. |
Josie Avalos & Junior Berjon, Custodians
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LEADERSHIP
Rabbi: Marc Philippe
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
Interim President: Joy Spill
Second Vice President: Arthur Shifrin
Treasurer: Richard Lehrman
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Amy Atkins
Sofia Bitela
Caryn Tanis Boren
Dedee Cohen
Robert Frankel
Gail Goldman
Sharon Jacobson
Anthony Japour
Stephen Kaplan
Vanessa Lustig
Raul Moncarz, Ph.D.
Hildine Potashnick
Jeffrey Rynor*
Lawrence Schantz*
Shayna Sirkin
Leon Tenenbaum*
Liliana Torreh-Bayouth
Janet Wolk
ADVISORY BOARD
Geoffrey Aaronson
Michael Adler*
Arthur Anderman
Jerome Blank
Hon. Elaine Bloom
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
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
Interim President: Joy Spill
Second Vice President: Arthur Shifrin
Treasurer: Richard Lehrman
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Amy Atkins
Sofia Bitela
Caryn Tanis Boren
Dedee Cohen
Robert Frankel
Gail Goldman
Sharon Jacobson
Anthony Japour
Stephen Kaplan
Vanessa Lustig
Raul Moncarz, Ph.D.
Hildine Potashnick
Jeffrey Rynor*
Lawrence Schantz*
Shayna Sirkin
Leon Tenenbaum*
Liliana Torreh-Bayouth
Janet Wolk
ADVISORY BOARD
Geoffrey Aaronson
Michael Adler*
Arthur Anderman
Jerome Blank
Hon. Elaine Bloom
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