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.
Dates marked by an asterisk are not confirmed.
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 –
Photos provided by The Dothan Eagle.