Overview

Congregation Beth El, Sunbury, PA, a non-affiliated egalitarian synagogue, is offering a full-time rabbi position to succeed our retiring rabbi. We are seeking a dedicated and creative spiritual and religious leader for our community of diverse Jewish identities and practices.

How do you do Jewish : We are not affiliated and have all levels of observance in our congregation
Why you need a rabbi: We seek a full time rabbi - the rabbi would lead services and officiate at all life cycle events and do pastoral counseling
Timing Expectations: flexible - our Rabbi retired as of July 1 so we seek a Rabbi for the coming year
Rabbi Qualifications: ● Lead Services - typical non-holiday weeks consist of one Shabbat service per week, one Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat per month and the rest Shabbat mornings. Services are also celebrated for most holidays. We use the following prayer books: Siddur Hadas for all Sabbath & Festival Services (2008 Edition), Chumash-Etz Hayim, High Holidays - Mahzor Hadash (1986 Edition). ● Life cycle events including B’nai Mitzvot, Brit Milah and namings, weddings, funerals, Shivas ● Education - Hebrew school on Sundays and adult education ● Holiday celebrations - High Holidays, Sukkut, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, etc. ● Spiritual Guidance including pastoral care and counseling ● Community Outreach - be our spiritual and religious leader of the community. Our synagogue leads a monthly interfaith beneficence called The Takery that provides food, clothing, household items and such to needy people in the community. See more details here: www.facebook.com/sunbury/together
Community Description:

Congregation Beth El is a welcoming, warm, active, inclusive and supportive congregation where people of all backgrounds and levels of observance participate. The Congregation was established over 100 years ago in 1919 and has been operating continuously with a rabbi since then. Our congregation consists of approximately 65 member households. Our alluring new synagogue was constructed in 2008 by the noted architectural firm Venturi and Associates. The congregational support and relationship we look to develop with our rabbi has, in the past, led to long term relationships with our rabbis (23 years with our current retiring rabbi and 25 years with the rabbi prior). The synagogue services a multi-county area and people living within a one hour drive. Serving such a large geographical area, we are non-denominational to provide for Jews no matter what their level of observance and personal needs. See our synagogue website at www.beth-el-sunbury.org

Work Remotely: no
Qualifications:

RABBI ROLES

●   Lead Services - typical non-holiday weeks consist of one Shabbat service per week, one Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat per month and the rest Shabbat mornings. Services are also celebrated for most holidays. We use the following prayer books: Siddur Hadas for all Sabbath & Festival Services (2008 Edition), Chumash-Etz Hayim, High Holidays - Mahzor Hadash (1986 Edition).

●    Life cycle events including  B’nai Mitzvot, Brit Milah and namings, weddings, funerals, Shivas

●    Education - Hebrew school on Sundays and adult education

●    Holiday celebrations - High Holidays, Sukkut, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, etc.

●    Spiritual Guidance including pastoral care and counseling

●    Community Outreach - be our spiritual and religious leader of the community. Our synagogue leads a monthly interfaith beneficence called The Takery that provides food, clothing, household items and such to needy people in the community. See more details here: www.facebook.com/sunbury/together

Position Start Date: flexible - after interview and in person visit
Benefits:

retirement contributions and health-care benefits plus we offer sabbatical benefits

Salary Range: Salary range: $70,000-$80,000 plus retirement contributions and health-care benefits. We additionally offer sabbatical benefits.
Send resumes and cover letter to:

Edye Newman - smileymom17@gmail.com and Benita Kolmen Solomon - bkolmsol@gmail.com

About Congregation Beth El, Sunbury PA

Congregation Beth El is a welcoming, warm, active, inclusive and supportive congregation where people of all backgrounds and levels of observance participate. The Congregation was established over 100 years ago in 1919 and has been operating continuously with a rabbi since then. Our congregation consists of approximately 65 member households. Our alluring new synagogue was constructed in 2008 by the noted architectural firm Venturi and Associates. The congregational support and relationship we look to develop with our rabbi has, in the past, led to long term relationships with our rabbis (23 years with our current retiring rabbi and 25 years with the rabbi prior). The synagogue services a multi-county area and people living within a one hour drive.  Serving such a large geographical area, we are non-denominational to provide for Jews no matter what their level of observance and personal needs. See our synagogue website at www.beth-el-sunbury.org

AREA:

Our synagogue is located in beautiful Central Pennsylvania, 60 miles north of the state capital, Harrisburg, which has a larger Jewish community, and three hours from the major metropolitan areas of Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore. The area we serve includes a number of educational institutions including Bucknell University and Susquehanna University and a number of medical facilities including Geisinger Medical Center. Cost of living is significantly lower in Central PA compared to larger cities and other areas of the country leading to a high quality of life . To get a better overview of the area see our visitors bureau website: www.visitcentralpa.org