Our Rabbi : Temple Emanu-El

Rabbi David J. Meyer

Rabbi Meyer came to Boston's North Shore in the fall of 1992, where he assumed the pulpit of Marblehead's Temple Emanu-El. Ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1986, Rabbi Meyer served for six years as the Associate Rabbi of the historic Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, California. He received his Masters of Theology Degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1996. Rabbi Meyer's sermons and articles have appeared regularly in magazines and rabbinic journals, and his pioneering work in the area of synagogue outreach to the Jewish single and young adult population earned national recognition. He is the author of the acclaimed textbook on Jewish ethics, The Rabbinic Driving Manual - A Jewish Guide to Driver's Education. In addition to his pulpit and pastoral duties, Rabbi Meyer is active in a wide variety of community activities and organizations on Boston's North Shore. He is the immediate Past-President of the North Shore Rabbinical Association, and currently is the Convenor of the Marblehead Ministerial Association. He is a member of the national U.J.A. Rabbinic Cabinet, and is a recipient of the Community Rabbinic Leadership Award.