O U R CL E R G Y
the clergy of temple emanu-el
Although formed in 1929, it wasn’t until 1941 that Temple Emanu-El employed it’s first full-time rabbi.
Rabbi Alfred Wolf was installed Sunday, November 30, 1941 and served the Dothan congregation for five years.
Rabbi Alfred Wolf, Ph.D., D.D. (1)
1941 – 1946
Rabbi Martin I. Hinchin, D.D. (2)
1946 – 1948
Rabbi Samuel M. Gup
1949 – 1950
Rabbi Meyer H. Marx, D.D.
1950 – 1952
Rabbi Israel J. Gerber, Ph.D. (3)
1953 – 1959
Rabbi Isaac Neuman (4)
1959 – 1961
Rabbi Benjamin Rosayn, D.D., LL.D. (5)
1962 – 1968
Rabbi Mordecai M. Thurman
1968 – 1975
Rabbi Donald A. Tam
1975 – 1978
Rabbi Paul L. Tuchman
1978 – 1982
Rabbi Leonard S. Zoll
1982 – 1985
Rabbi Stanley Funston, Ph.D
1985 – 1992
Rabbi Larry Mahrer
1997* – 2006
Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith (6)
2007 – 2017
Cantor Neil Schwartz
2019 – 2022
Rabbi Michael Shields
2022 – 2023
Rabbi Jonathan Lee Jackson
2023 –
Dates marked by an asterisk are approximate.
Photo credits: The Dothan Eagle