Rabbi Randi Musnitsky, D. Min.
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Rabbi Musnitsky has served in the Rabbinate for more than 36 years in both congregational and organizational settings. She has been fortunate to call Temple Har Shalom her spiritual and religious home since 2007. Known for her warmth, accessibility, compassion, and vision, she promotes a synagogue community built upon sacred partnerships with lay leadership and staff. Actively involved in every facet of congregational life including spiritual, ritual, lifecycle, and education, Rabbi Musnitsky has a deep passion for transmitting Jewish learning and traditions to our multi-generations.
Rabbi Musnitsky, while totally committed to the health and vibrancy of our Temple family, devotes time and energy to extended interests that promote a love and loyalty to Israel, tikkun olam, the repair of our world, interfaith dialogue, and communal responsibility both within and outside the Jewish community. She has served on numerous Boards, Commissions, and Councils and is the recipient of multiple leadership and service awards.
Academically, she is a graduate of Brandeis University and received rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. In addition, she holds a post-graduate degree in Pastoral Care and Counseling and a Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling. She was awarded a Doctor of Divinity upon her 25th anniversary in the rabbinate.
Yet, her proudest titles are Mom and Grandmom! She shares life with her husband of 40 years, Rabbi Ronald Kaplan.
Rabbi Joshua Greenbaum
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Rabbi Joshua Greenbaum has spent his entire career holding various roles in the non-profit and educational worlds. After studying at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, Josh began his career at a private residential boarding school for students with disabilities, working in classrooms and spending time in the behavioral services department. In 2008, Josh left to accept a position at Temple Har Shalom as Vice Principal of the Religious School where he helped manage over 400 students in kindergarten through twelfth grades. In that role, Josh developed curriculum, managed over 30 teachers and helped to run administrative aspects of the school. In 2013, Josh accepted a promotion to the role of Program Director and began directing aspects of the organization’s messaging and communications, creating and implementing global goals and objectives and executing large-scale projects including programmatic, educational and fundraising strategies.
In January 2015, Josh helped found, open and direct The Orchard Academy at Camp Harmony, growing the preschool from its original 5 students to over 125 when acquired in spring of 2019 by Temple Har Shalom and becoming the present-day TOA@MTS. Through that experience, as well as his over 20 years as an administrator and director at the since-closed Camp Harmony day camp, Josh has become a staunch believer in the power of children, dynamic teams, open communication, and constructive conversations, all to help schools and organizations continually meet their potentials.
With the full support of the Temple Har Shalom community and after his successful ordination, Josh became Student Rabbi of Temple Har Shalom in July 2023 and assumed the role of Associate Rabbi in July 2024.
Josh lives around the corner in Warren with his wife Elyse (a licensed clinical school social worker), their daughters Shiloh and Ayla, and their golden retriever Juno. They enjoy traveling, neighborhood foodie finds and skiing, with Josh still maintaining his PSIA ski instructor certification after teaching for over a decade.
Cantor Marina Shemesh
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Cantor Marina Shemesh found her true calling in the vast and beautiful world of Jewish music and loves to share this passion with congregants of all ages, connecting them to our rich spiritual tradition, and liturgical and cultural heritage. She comes to Temple Har Shalom after having previously served congregations in Summit, NJ, New York City, Worcester, MA, and Scarsdale, NY.
Born and raised in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Cantor Shemesh made Aliyah to Israel in 1990 where she pursued the career of an opera singer. Her work in opera has taken her to major roles with companies including New Israeli Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera Company, and Israel Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv. In addition to her opera work, Cantor Shemesh has performed in concerts and recitals with major Israeli orchestras, such as the Rishon-le-Zion, Ashdod, Raanana, and Haifa Technion orchestras.
Cantor Shemesh graduated from the H. L. Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2004 with Masters in Sacred Music and Cantorial ordination. In addition to JTS, she holds Masters in Music and Voice Performance from St. Petersburg State Conservatory and Rubin Academy of Music at Tel-Aviv University, where she won the first prize in the Academy’s Vocal Competition. She has also received many impressive musical awards and prizes from vocal competitions in Montreal, Bilbao, Athens, and Tel-Aviv and has been the recipient of many scholarships and awards, such as: America Israel Cultural Foundation, Israel Vocal Arts Institute Foundation (IVAI), Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, and others. Cantor Shemesh has taught vocal performance at Clark University in Worcester and currently she teaches voice at her voice studio in Livingston. She is on the faculty of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School at JTS as a Cantorial Coach and is a member of Cantors Assembly and the American Conference of Cantors.
In addition to her musical passions, Cantor Shemesh lives in Livingston, NJ with her husband and her two sons Daniel and Elijah.
Cantor Anna S. Berman
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Cantor Anna Berman received her undergraduate training in voice at the University of Maryland – College Park in 1986. During her hiatus between undergraduate school and cantorial school, Cantor Berman was a member of the Zemer Chai Choir of Greater Washington, which inevitably led her to the field of the Cantorate.
As a student of Hebrew Union College, she joined the Jewish Congregation of Kinnelon, in Kinnelon, New Jersey, as both Cantor and Educational Director. In addition, Cantor Berman has worked for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations as a intern for the Commission on Synagogue Music and she has participated in several Biennial Conventions as musical planner. She earned her Honorary Doctorate from HUC-JIR in 2018.
During the last three years of her tenure here, Cantor Berman became our Religious School Director. She saw us through curriculum development, staffing and staff training. She made sure that the curriculum was implemented in Grades K-6 and developed family education opportunities. Cantor Berman also was able to pivot to online education during the COVID pandemic.
Cantor Berman retired and became Cantor Emerita in June 2021. She continues to add a great deal to our community as both a musical resource and as a member of the clergy.
