OUDepartment of Public Relations

February 3, 2000

RABBI YOSEF ADLER OF CONGREGATION
RINAT YISRAEL OF TEANECK, NJ
TO BE HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTION TO JEWISH LIFE

Rabbi Yosef Adler, of Congregation Rinat Yisrael, in Teaneck, will be honored at the Orthodox Union's (OU) Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Awards Dinner on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in New York.

The OU will honor Rabbi Adler as well as 11 other outstanding rabbis and their congregations who have made unique contributions to Orthodox Jewish life in America. Rabbi Yosef Grunblatt, spiritual leader of the Queens Jewish Center in Forest Hills, NY - who will also be honored at the dinner - will be the keynote speaker.

"Rabbi Adler is an impressive community and spiritual leader who has made an enormous contribution to Jewish life, " said Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D., President of the OU.

Rabbi Yosef Adler has been dedicated to educating Jewish youth ever since he received semicha from Yeshiva University more than 20 years ago. Since 1979, he has served as the spiritual leader of Teaneck, NJ's Congregation Rinat Yisrael. And for the last seven years he has also served as Principal of the Torah Academy of Bergen County.

His previous positions include Associate Principal of the Hillel Yeshiva High School in Deal, NJ, Instructor of Judaic Studies and American History at the Frisch Yeshiva High School in Paramus, NJ and Director of the Summer Kollel Institute at Manhattan's Lincoln Square Synagogue. Rabbi Adler is a former President of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County and a current member of the Rabbinical Council of America and the Executive Board of the Orthodox Caucus.

"We cannot overemphasize the importance of rabbis, synagogues and communal institutions working in concert to insure a thriving Orthodoxy," said Rabbi Raphael B. Butler, Executive Vice President of the OU. "The Orthodox Union acknowledges the synagogue as the focus of Jewish communal life. Each community is built around a vibrant synagogue led by a dynamic rabbi. It is that leadership that we are proud to honor."

The honorees include: Rabbi Moshe Bomzer (Congregation Beth Abraham Jacob, Albany); Rabbi Reuven Bulka (Congregation Machzikei Hadas, Ottawa); Rabbi Mark Dratch (Agudath Sholom, Stamford); Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt (Queens Jewish Center, Forest Hills); Rabbi Dr. Basil F. Herring (Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach); Rabbi Shaya Kilimnick (Beth Sholom, Rochester); Rabbi Zvulun (Sidney) Lieberman (Beth Torah Congregation, Brooklyn); Rabbi Yisroel Miller (Poale Zedeck Congregation, Pittsburgh); Rabbi Adam Mintz (Lincoln Square Synagogue, New York); Rabbi Arthur Schneier (Park East Synagogue, New York); and Rabbi Harvey Well (Or Torah Congregation, Skokie).

For dinner reservations, please contact Steven Karp at (212) 613-8134.

The Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the Jewish community of America and beyond, is the world leader in youth work, advocacy for the disabled, synagogue services, adult education and political action. Its kosher supervision label, the OU, is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 220,000 products in 62 countries around the globe.

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