Rabbi Carol Glass
Rabbi Carol Glass is a former staff chaplain at Rhode Island Hospital. She is a spiritual director, Mussar group facilitator, and Reiki practitioner in Newton Center, Massachusetts.
Rabbi Carolan Glatstein
Rabbi Carolan Glatstein was ordained in 2014 from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. During rabbinical school, she earned two units of Clinical Pastoral Education doing chaplaincy work at Good Samaritan, Jewish, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospitals. She also interned at a synagogue where she was extensively involved in the education and music programs. Previously, she attended the University of Kansas, earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature. She formerly served United Brothers Synagogue in Bristol. She now serves Tree of Life Congregation in Columbia, South Carolina.
Rabbi Amy Levin
Rabbi Amy Levin is the founder and director of Pirka, Mobile Jewish Learning (www.pirkalearning.net). From 2004 to 2014, she served Temple Torat Yisrael, a Conservative congregation in East Greenwich, RI.
Rabbi Levin grew up in New Jersey and worked as the Education Director of a collaborative Hebrew High School program for three Conservative congregations in New Jersey before making aliyah in 1981.
Rabbi Levin was the second woman to be ordained by the Schechter Institute of Jewish studies, the rabbinic seminary of the Israeli Masorti (Conservative) Movement and served as a congregational rabbi in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Levin is a past President of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island, is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards and was active in the East Greenwich Clergy Association.
Since 2008, Rabbi Levin has served as a mentor for senior rabbinical students at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York who are fellows of the Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Fellows Program.
Rabbi Levin grew up in New Jersey and worked as the Education Director of a collaborative Hebrew High School program for three Conservative congregations in New Jersey before making aliyah in 1981.
Rabbi Levin was the second woman to be ordained by the Schechter Institute of Jewish studies, the rabbinic seminary of the Israeli Masorti (Conservative) Movement and served as a congregational rabbi in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Levin is a past President of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island, is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards and was active in the East Greenwich Clergy Association.
Since 2008, Rabbi Levin has served as a mentor for senior rabbinical students at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York who are fellows of the Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Fellows Program.
Rabbi Peter Stein
Rabbi Stein served as the spiritual leader of Temple Sinai in Cranston. He is now the Senior Rabbi of Temple B'rith Kodesh in Rochester, New York.
His rabbinate is defined by his love of learning and teaching, and he strives to create abundant opportunities for lifelong learning, social justice work, and personal connection with Jewish tradition.
Rabbi Stein is a past president of the Rhode Island Board of Rabbis and past president of the Cranston Clergy Association. In 2011, he is participated in the yearlong Leadership Rhode Island program. In 2008, he was named a Brickner Fellow, a social activism fellowship of the Religious Action Center and the Center for Leadership and Learning.
He served on the steering committee of the Interfaith Poverty Coalition. He was an active member of RI Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Marriage Equality Rhode Island, and CUAVA: Cranston United Against Violence and Abuse. He has served as visiting faculty at the URJ Eisner Camp, Kutz Camp and Goldman Union Camp Institute.
Rabbi Stein has a particular interest in interfaith relations and creating opportunities for Catholic-Jewish dialogue and other interreligious programming. In 2007, he participated in a dialogue at the Vatican organized by the Interreligious Information Center.
Rabbi Stein was born and raised in New York, and is married to Amy, a native of Framingham, MA. They are the proud parents of Eliana and Ari. He loves playing tennis, following the Red Sox, and playing and listening to music of all kinds.
His rabbinate is defined by his love of learning and teaching, and he strives to create abundant opportunities for lifelong learning, social justice work, and personal connection with Jewish tradition.
Rabbi Stein is a past president of the Rhode Island Board of Rabbis and past president of the Cranston Clergy Association. In 2011, he is participated in the yearlong Leadership Rhode Island program. In 2008, he was named a Brickner Fellow, a social activism fellowship of the Religious Action Center and the Center for Leadership and Learning.
He served on the steering committee of the Interfaith Poverty Coalition. He was an active member of RI Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Marriage Equality Rhode Island, and CUAVA: Cranston United Against Violence and Abuse. He has served as visiting faculty at the URJ Eisner Camp, Kutz Camp and Goldman Union Camp Institute.
Rabbi Stein has a particular interest in interfaith relations and creating opportunities for Catholic-Jewish dialogue and other interreligious programming. In 2007, he participated in a dialogue at the Vatican organized by the Interreligious Information Center.
Rabbi Stein was born and raised in New York, and is married to Amy, a native of Framingham, MA. They are the proud parents of Eliana and Ari. He loves playing tennis, following the Red Sox, and playing and listening to music of all kinds.
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman is the Executive Director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association in Philadelphia. She served as the spiritual leader of Congregation Agudas Achim in Attleboro, Massachusetts from 2001 until 2014.
A graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Rabbi Wechterman brings an open and inclusive approach to teaching Jewish life and traditions. She is committed to empowering Jews and fellow travelers on their individual and unique Jewish journeys.
During her tenure at Agudas Achim, Rabbi Wechterman pursued a number of continuing education and rabbinic growth opportunities and was a member of the second cohort of START PEER (Program for Excellence and Education in the Rabbinate). She is also a graduate of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Rabbinic training program and received the Hassenfeld Award for Jewish Service from the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island for her leadership work in providing social services in the context of Jewish community.
Rabbi Wechterman holds a BA in International Relations and BS in Journalism from Boston University. She and her husband David Nerenberg have two children, Avi and Sharon.
A graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Rabbi Wechterman brings an open and inclusive approach to teaching Jewish life and traditions. She is committed to empowering Jews and fellow travelers on their individual and unique Jewish journeys.
During her tenure at Agudas Achim, Rabbi Wechterman pursued a number of continuing education and rabbinic growth opportunities and was a member of the second cohort of START PEER (Program for Excellence and Education in the Rabbinate). She is also a graduate of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Rabbinic training program and received the Hassenfeld Award for Jewish Service from the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island for her leadership work in providing social services in the context of Jewish community.
Rabbi Wechterman holds a BA in International Relations and BS in Journalism from Boston University. She and her husband David Nerenberg have two children, Avi and Sharon.
