The Gladstein Fellowship is a program operated by the Jewish Theological Seminary allowing selected students of the seminary to serve in the capacity of rabbi of a selected congregation.
Congregations selected by JTS to benefit from the Gladstein Fellowship program are offered three Gladstein fellows each for a two-year period for a total of six years with the option of hiring any of the fellows to a permanent position. Gladstein fellows normally visit the congregations for which they are selected monthly, are available to congregants by phone and email at other times, and receive a stipend in exchange for their services.[1]
The Gladstein Fellowship program was founded by Ned and Jane Gladstein in 2003. The first congregation to benefit from the program was Loudon Jewish Congregation in Leesburg, Virginia.[2]
| Congregation name | Location | Years | Fellows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sha’are Shalom | Leesburg, Virginia | 2003-2004 | Jason Miller (rabbi) |
| Sha’are Shalom | Leesburg, Virginia | 2004-2005 | Kim Blumenthal |
| Sha’are Shalom | Leesburg, Virginia | 2006-2010 | Michael Ragozin |
| Beth Shalom | Lake Norman, North Carolina | Adam Baldachin (2011–13)[3] | |
| Beth Sholom | Frederick, Maryland | 2013- | Jordan Hersh (2013–15)[4] |
| New Stoke Newington Shul | London, England | 2013-2015 | Roni Tabick (2013–15)[5] (Roni became synagogue's rabbi after ordination in 2015) |
| Chevrei Tzedek Congregation | Baltimore, Maryland | 2015-2019 | Emily Barton (2015–17);[6] Rory Katz (2017-2019 and hired after ordination)[7] |
| Congregation Eitz Chaim | Monroe, New York | 2016–Present | Louis Polisson (2016-2018)[8]
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| Congregation Agudath Achim | Little Rock, Arkansas | 2019-2021 | Ben Freed (2019-2021) |