Gary Kessler

Email: abo2i2@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ******** ****

City: Bellmore

State: NY

Zip: 11710

Country: USA

Phone: 516-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: 90

Primary Skills/Experience:

See Resume

Educational Background:

See Resume

Job History / Details:

RABBI GARY D. KESSLER

MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION - GRADUATED - 1968 - UNITED HEBREW INSTITUTE - ISRAEL BEN ZION ACADEMY YESHIVA DAY SCHOOL - TORAH UMESORAH - KINGSTON, PA.

SECONDARY - MESIFTA YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL IN SCRANTON, PA. - 1968 - 1970; 1970-71 - MOLLIE GOODMAN HIGH SCHOOL - KFAR SILVER - ASHKELON, ISRAEL; GRADUATED - WYOMING SEMINARY IN KINGSTON, PA. - 1972

HIGHER - UNIV. OF BRIDGEPORT AND WILKES COLLEGE - 1972 - 1973

B.A. EDUCATION - 1976 - TEL-AVIV UNIV.

CANTORIAL TRAINING IN TEL-AVIV

OBTAINED SEMICHA FROM VAAD HARABANIM OF AMERICA - NEW YORK, N.Y. (YOREH YOREH - ADVANCED)

WORK EXPERIENCE - 1974-1977 - TEACHER OF ENGLISH/THEATER IN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ISRAEL

1976-1982 - DIRECTOR - ENGLISH HOUSE OF ASHKELON, ISRAEL AND THE ENGLISH CENTRE OF BEERSHEBA, ISRAEL

1982-1983 - HEBREW/JUDAIC STUDIES/THEATER TEACHER FOR COMMISSION FOR JEWISH EDUCATION IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO AND CANTOR FOR CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CONG. {ORTHODOX}

SUMMER 1983 - DIRECTOR OF THEATER - CAMP RAMAH - UTTERSON, ONTARIO, CANADA

1983-1984 - CANTOR - TEMPLE B'NAI JACOB - WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. {TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVE} AND TEACHER OF JUDAIC STUDIES - JCDS - DAY SCHOOL, MASHGIACH AND TEACHER OF THEATER ARTS - MIDRASHA JUDAICA HIGH SCHOOL AND YOUTH DIRECTOR - TEMPLE BETH EL - WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. {CONSERVATIVE}

1984-1986 - EDUCATION/YOUTH DIRECTOR - TIFERET ISRAEL CONG. {TRADITIONAL} - DALLAS, TEXAS - TEACHER OF BNAI MITZVAH AND CONFIRMATION CLASS

1986-1994 - CANTOR/EDUCATION/YOUTH DIRECTOR AND ASST. RABBI - CONG. AHAVATH SHOLOM - FT. WORTH, TEXAS {CONSERVATIVE}

1994-2000 - {SPIRITUAL LEADER} RABBI/CANTOR/EDUCATION DIRECTOR - BETH ISAIAH CONG. - GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA {TRADITIONAL-CONSERVATIVE} AND CHAPLAIN AT GUELPH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; CHAPLAIN/ADVISOR - JEWISH STUDENTS-UNIV. OF GUELPH-JSO

2000-2005 - RABBI {SPIRITUAL LEADER} B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS {EGALITARIAN-CONSERVATIVE}

2005-2008 RABBI {SPIRITUAL LEADER} CONG. BETH SHALOM IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA {TRADITIONAL-CONSERVATIVE}

2008 PRESENT {SPIRITUAL LEADER} RABBI EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR TEMPLE BETH-EL OF BELLMORE IN NORTH BELLMORE, N.Y. {CONSERVATIVE}

RABBI GARY D. KESSLER RABBI GARY D. KESSLER - 516-***-**** - cgdk @aol.com

Rabbi Gary D. Kessler is currently the Spiritual Leader and Educational Director of the conservative Temple Beth-El of Bellmore in North Bellmore, N.Y. since the fall of 2008 and prior to this he was the Spiritual Leader of the traditional conservative - Congregation Beth Shalom in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 2005 - 2008. Prior to this he served at B'nai Israel Synagogue, an egalitarian - conservative congregation from July of 2000 August of 2005 until its closing as its Rabbi and he served Beth Isaiah Congregation in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, a traditional-conservative synagogue, for six years, since August 1994, as its Rabbi and Cantor.

He came to Corpus Christi with experience as not only a Rabbi and Cantor but also as an Assistant Rabbi-Education and Youth Director, having served eight years at Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Fort Worth, Texas from 1986 - 1994 and two years at Tiferet Israel Congregation in Dallas, Texas from 1984 - 1986. In Ft. Worth, as educational director, Rabbi Kessler directed a school with over 285 students and a teaching staff of 27. Rabbi Kessler also served congregations in West Palm Beach, Fla. and Youngstown, Ohio as Cantor/Educator/Youth Director from 1982 - 1984.

In Guelph, Rabbi Kessler provided chaplaincy services for the Homewood Health Center, Guelph Correctional Centre, and the University of Guelph as well as other intercommunal affairs and activities. He served on the Guelph Ministerial Association, the Univ. of Guelph Campus Ministry, Guelph Civic Interfaith Group, the Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care. In Corpus Christi, Rabbi Kessler was a member of the Interfaith Voices and was very involved in community and civic affairs. In Ottawa, Rabbi Kessler was a member of the Sandy Hill Interfaith Council and Interfaith Ottawa and a member of the Southeast Ontario Regional Multifaith Council and the All Party Interfaith Parliamentary Friendship Group which met on Parliament Hill. Rabbi Kessler was honored in Ottawa on November 8, 2007 for his extensive work in the interfaith community by the State of Israel Bonds Cabinet.

Rabbi Kessler is a native of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. He lived and studied in Israel for a period of nine years and moved to Corpus Christi, Texas in July 2000 with his Israeli born wife Ruth, who served as the Program Director at the JCC Director of the Community Hebrew School, and their three children, Brach, Nathaniel and Chava. In Ottawa Ruth served as the Director of the Israeli House and was the Principal of the Melton School for Adults at the JCC as well as a teacher of Hebrew at the Yitzchak Rabin High School. She currently is a teacher of Judaica and Hebrew in the North Bellmore area. Rabbi Kessler holds a B.A. in Education from Tel Aviv University and Semicha from the Va'ad Harabbanim of America in New York, N.Y.

Rabbi Kessler is a member of the American Board of Rabbis, Long Island Board of Rabbis, Cantorial Council of America and the Toronto Council of Hazzanim as well as the Coalition in Alternatives in Jewish Education, Canadian Voice Care Foundation, the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Association for Supervision Curriculum Development.

Rabbi Kessler is a highly organized, creative and

Contact this candidate