Anniversary
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael, we welcome you as we Celebrate and Honor Rabbi David J. Nesson for 25 years of service, as our Spiritual Leader, at this Gala Affair. Donna Gross & Dorothy Cohen Dinner Co-Chairs We wish to thank the following for their help and support to make this Gala event a success. Sharon Barkauskas Irving Cohen Richard Gaskins Tamara Goldberg Gerry Gross Karen Gooen Eddie Levy Ellen Nesson Linda Rosenbaum Flo Sager Lew Stone
RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY
The International Association of Conservative / Masorti Rabbis, established 1901
3080 Broadway January 3, 2014/2 Shevat 5774 New York, NY 10027 Phone 212.280.6000 Fax 212.749.9166 [email protected] To the Membership of the Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael: www.rabbinicalassembly.org
It is with regret that I am unable to join you in celebrating Rabbi Nesson’s 25 years of devoted service to the Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael. My respect and great affection for Rabbi Nesson extends over the many years of our friendship. President Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik Knowing of his many contributions to your congregation and the larger community my admiration for him only continues to increase. Vice President Rabbi William G. Gershon Rabbi is a sacred, privileged title. It suggests learning and piety. It presupposes Treasurer Rabbi Philip S. Scheim integrity and the capacity for leadership. David Nesson embodies these traits in every dimension of his distinguished rabbinate and carries the title “Rabbi” with Financial Secretary Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin your regard for him as your teacher, friend, and welcome presence in the times of Secretary Rabbi Stewart L. Vogel joy and challenge you have experienced together. I know that you call him “Rabbi” joy and gratitude for the honor of being the spiritual leader of your congregation.
Executive Vice President Rabbi Julie Schonfeld Above all, because David Nesson is such a mentsch, he fully understands that the success he has enjoyed in his rabbinate is the result of the partnership he shares with Associate Executive Director Rabbi Elliot Salo Schoenberg all of you. The partnership has been enhanced by the members of the entire Nesson family who have been such an integral part of the life of your congregation. I wish Senior Consultant for Rabbinic and Institutional Leadership you all great joy and satisfaction as you celebrate 25 extraordinary years together. Rabbi William H. Lebeau
Director of Special Projects Rabbi Jan Caryl Kaufman Shalom,
Associate Director of Rabbinic Services Rabbi William H. Lebeau Rabbi Ashira Y. Konigsburg Senior Consultant for Rabbinic and Institutional Leadership, Rabbinical Assembly
Executive Vice Presidents Emeriti Rabbi Joel H. Meyers Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, "
Founding Editor Rabbi Jules E. Harlow
RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY
The International Association of Conservative / Masorti Rabbis, established 1901
3080 Broadway January 10, 2014 New York, NY 10027 9 Shevat 5774 Phone 212.280.6000 Fax 212.749.9166 [email protected] Tribute Committee www.rabbinicalassembly.org Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael 177 Speedwell Avenue Morristown, New Jersey 07960
Dear Friends,
President We are proud to congratulate Rabbi David Nesson on the well-deserved Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik occasion of Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael’s celebration of his 25 years of service to the community. Vice President Rabbi William G. Gershon Rabbi Nesson has long been known as a warm, caring, and active Treasurer leader and member of the community. During his extensive tenure at Rabbi Philip S. Scheim MJCBY he has served as a mentor and friend to countless Jews, and his Financial Secretary devotion to the synagogue has been matched by his other commitments Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin to Jewish and communal life. Rabbi Nesson has advised and volunteered for the local Jewish Federation, a Jewish funeral home, and the Rabbinical Secretary Rabbi Stewart L. Vogel Assembly’s New Jersey region; he has also devoted himself to organizations promoting religious pluralism, Jewish education, and social justice activism. His extensive commitments have been recognized widely, as indicated by his selection as a Shalom Hartman Institute Rabbinic Fellow and other honors.
Executive Vice President Rabbi Julie Schonfeld feat of achievement and we join the entire MJCBY community in celebrating Associate Executive Director Rabbi Nesson’s contribution to the vitality of the synagogue and of the wider Rabbi Elliot Salo Schoenberg community. We also extend our heartfelt congratulations to his wife, Ellen, Senior Consultant for Rabbinic and his children Leora and William, who have provided love and support for and Institutional Leadership so many years. Rabbi William H. Lebeau Yashar Koach, Rabbi Nesson—may you and your family go from strength Director of Special Projects Rabbi Jan Caryl Kaufman to strength in service to the Jewish people, and may this celebration be a harbinger of joyous occasions yet to come. Associate Director of Rabbinic Services Rabbi Ashira Y. Konigsburg
Executive Vice Presidents Emeriti Rabbi Joel H. Meyers Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, "
Founding Editor Gerald C. Skolnik Julie Schonfeld Rabbi Jules E. Harlow
RABBI DAVID JOSEPH NESSON
Rabbi David Nesson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He, along with his twin and older brother, grew up in a family steeped in Jewish tradition. As a child, he attended Kehailath Israel Synagogue, at the time one of the largest synagogues in New England. That synagogue has both the distinct honor of being located across the street from the birthplace of JFK, as well as being the ‘birthplace’ of more Conservative Rabbis than any synagogue in the country. Rabbi Nesson’s love of Judaism was nurtured by his large family and through the congregational youth groups and programs. His parents were active members of the congregation. At that time, Brookline had a large Jewish population and to this day, there is a significant Jewish presence and flavor to that town.
While attending Brookline High School, he also attended the Prozdor High School of Boston’s Hebrew Teacher’s College and helped lead Junior Congregation and High Holiday services for Jewish War Veterans. At Brookline High School he played JV basketball, ran track and field events, (for a time he held the state record in the triple jump), acted in high school productions and sang in the choir. After graduation, he continued his studies at the Boston Theological Institute, a consortium of classes held at Boston College, Harvard and Boston Universities and then at Brandeis University. At Brandeis he majored in Near Eastern and Judaic studies, minoring in psychology and theater arts. During the course of his studies, he had the opportunity to study with leading Jewish scholars, including Eli Weisel, Marvin Fox, Nachum Sarna, Michael Fishbane and Marshall Sklare with whom he wrote his honors thesis. During his years at Brandeis, he also performed with Boston’s Zamir Chorale, a Jewish community choir housed at Boston University and conducted by Josh Jacobson.
During his junior year at Brandeis, Rabbi Nesson went to study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where his older brother who made Aliyah upon his graduation from Boston University, was studying and teaching. During that year, Rabbi Nesson fell in love with Israel and after many lengthy conversations with his brother and sister-in-law determined that upon his return home, he would study for the Rabbinate.
Rabbi Nesson graduated Brandeis University Magna Cum Laude and was the recipient of several academic awards in Hebrew Language and Near Eastern studies. It was then that he became involved with Camp Ramah, the Conservative camping movement. He was a counselor, assistant division head and division head of Machon, the division for the oldest campers. During his summers at Camp Ramah, he developed a variety of Tikkun Olam projects for his campers, which took place both in and out of camp. It was here that he met Ellen, who was the division head of the youngest age group.
He was accepted to the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York, where he began his rabbinical studies. While in Rabbinical school, he took on the positions of Rabbinical Intern for the National UJA Rabbinic Cabinet as well as University Cabinet. From this position, Rabbi Nesson learned the importance of the UJA work in local and worldwide communities and the responsibilities that Rabbis’ have to their congregation and their community. He also took on the role of student Rabbi in Huntsville, Alabama, where he traveled each month for two years, leading services, teaching school and running youth programs.
He was afforded the opportunity to spend a second year in Israel, studying at the Schechter Institute and the Graduate School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. It was in Israel that he and Ellen became engaged; they married upon their return to the US. He earned his Master’s Degree in Jewish Education as well as being ordained from JTS in 1983, where he presented the Graduation Address.
He accepted the position of Rabbi at Agudath Israel Synagogue in Montgomery, Alabama upon his Ordination. While in Alabama, he was involved in the daily life of the congregation, the community and its Civic Programs. He was President of the Montgomery Interfaith Clergy Council, appeared on television programs explaining Jewish Holidays, and taught Biblical Hebrew and the history of the Bible at Huntington College. He also served as a part time Chaplain at the Maxwell Federal prison and liaison with the US Air War College to the Jewish community. The Governor, Guy Hunt, appointed him to work with then Alabama Secretary of State, Don Seigilman, on the Alabama State Anti-Drug Commission.
During his years in Alabama, Rabbi Nesson also became involved with the plight of Soviet Jewry and joined the Soviet Jewry Coalition of Christians and Jews. Under the auspices of this group, he traveled to Russia to meet with Refusniks. Rabbi Nesson was selected to join a small group of Rabbis who traveled to Poland to meet with the Jewish Community at a time when travel was severely restricted. Leora and William were born in Alabama and after serving the community for five years, Rabbi Nesson accepted his current position at the Morristown Jewish Center.
Upon coming to Morristown, Rabbi Nesson devoted himself to the life of the congregation. He, along with Judy Gerstein a’h and others helped create the Shalom Yeladim Nursery School. He also brought family education to the congregation with the first of several groundbreaking grants from the Jewish Education for Families Foundation (JEFF). He also introduced award winning adult education programs to the congregation, and worked with Cantor Attias and Herman Frigand z’l to strengthen the Minyonaires youth group.
Here, as in Alabama, Rabbi Nesson became active in the community. He serves on the Board of Directors of United Jewish Federation and its Executive Board. He was a founder of the Metro West Rabbinic Cabinet, and serves on the Religious Pluralism Committee. He served on the Board of the Hebrew Academy and continues on the Rabbinic Council of the School. He also serves on the Rabbinic Council of the Golda Och Academy (formerly the Solomon Schechter Day School in West Orange). Rabbi Nesson is a member of the New Jersey Region of the Rabbinical Assembly where he served as a Vice President. He has also served on the national scene as Chair of the Rabbinical Assembly’s Continuing Education Committee and has been called several times to New York to serve on the interview committee for JTS.
One of Rabbi Nesson’s many passions is Israel. He has led several congregational trips to Israel, introducing our community to the land, the people and the culture of Israel thereby strengthening our bond with Israel and the bonds of congregants to each other. As a representative of the Conservative movement, he has testified in Israel’s Knesset on behalf of the Jewish community for woman’s rights to pray at the Western Wall, and for Conservative groups to have men and women pray together at Israel’s holy sites.
Rabbi Nesson also loves teaching. The children in our synagogue enjoy Rabbi Nesson’s story telling and the adults his sermons and classes. Not only does he teach adult education at MJCBY, with classes in History, Talmud, Kabbalah, Bible, Philosophy and Proverbs, but also teaches at the Hirshorn Education program for seniors and at the JCC Metro West program for seniors at Lester Housing. For twelve years, he has studied at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and brought Hartman programs to our synagogue and the community. Rabbi Nesson is an instructor in the NJRA Outreach to Judaism program, where he has instructed and guided many people on their path of conversion to Judaism. Within the synagogue, he has brought many of our members to their adult bar/bat mitzvahs.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2010 and is honored to be serving as MJCBY’s Spiritual Leader for the past 25 years.
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Congratulations, Rabbi Nesson,
on your 25th anniversary!
Thank you for being an exceptional
teacher and advisor to our family,
as well as the entire community at
Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael.
We hope to share many more simchas
and Red Sox World Series
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Rabbi Nesson
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Rabbi David & Ellen Nesson
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It is an honor to participate in this tribute celebrating your 25 year commitment to our community.
We are all grateful to both of you for your devotion and tireless efforts on behalf of the Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael.
Fred Laurie Aaron Franni Ross
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Mazal Tov, Rabbi Nesson!
Thank you for all that you do for MJCBY & our Community!
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"The Men's Club wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi Nesson for 25 terrific years at Morristown Jewish Center. We look forward to many more years of scotch and cigars together!"
37 25 Years...
Yasher Koach to Rabbi Nesson!
May you go from strength to strength!
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38 25 Years... Mazal Tov Rabbi Nesson!
Thank you for the last 25 years. May you go from strength to strength.
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Mazel Tov Rabbi Nesson,
with much love!
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40 25 Years... We love having you as our Rabbi!
Many more years of health and happiness!
The Usiskins
To Our Teacher, from your students, and our children who became your students ….
For helping us to experience the beauty, insight and inspiration from living Jewishly.
We wish you an abundance of all the good things your heart strives for. paraphrased from Kaddish D’Rabbanan/The Rabbis’ Blessing
Congratulations on your 25 years with us.
The Josephson Family and The Rosenheck Family
41 25 Years...
Congratulations to a wonderful Rabbi, teacher and friend!
Dr. Martin and Joan Cohen and Family
42 25 Years... To Rabbi Nesson,
Mazal Tov on 25 years of service to MJCBY! We are grateful for your spiritual guidance and friendship and look forward to sharing many more simchas!
Love, The Rogoffs
Arthur, Carol Joshua & Jonathan
Mazel Tov on your 25th Anniversary with MJCBY!
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44 25 Years... The Mt Freedom Jewish Center wishes a heartfelt Dear Rabbi, Mazal Tov to Rabbi David and Ellen Nesson We wish you on your 25 years of service at least to the Morristown Jewish Center and to the Jewish people. another 25 years The Morris County of Health and Happiness! Jewish Community owes you our deepest thanks Sheila & Steven Gudis and fondest wishes & our whole Family! for continued health and success! Rabbi Menashe East
With much With Appreciation Love and Admiration and Thanks, to Rabbi Nesson! the Family of Harold Krauss (z’l) congratulates Rabbi Nesson on his Phyllis & Irving Tobin 25th year with MJCBY!
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THANK YOU FOR ENRICHING OUR SYNAGOGUE AND COMMUNITY WITH 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. The Charm Family BEST WISHES Wishes Rabbi David Nesson A hearty Yasher Koach and Mazel Tov SUSAN & MONTE On 25 years of being our spiritual leader WALLENSTEIN and friend. & FAMILY Joel and Ellen, Tamara and Oren, Naomi and Rick, Samuel, Joshua and Marci, and the grandchildren
“There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; But the lips of knowledge Congratulations are a precious jewel.” Proverbs 20:15 on this
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61 BOROUGH OF MORRIS PLAINS COUNTY OF MORRIS, STATE OF NEW JERSEY PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION AND CONGRATULATION RABBI DAVID JOSEPH NESSON WHEREAS, Rabbi David Joseph Nesson, has dedicated 25 years of service to the congregation at Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael, and WHEREAS, Rabbi David Joseph Nesson earned his Bachelor’s Degree magnum cum laude from Brandeis University and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1983 and earned his Master’s Degree in Jewish Education, and
WHEREAS, Rabbi David Joseph Nesson continues to dedicate his time to the Morristown Community by providing his invaluable services to organizations such as being a founding member of the MetroWest Rabbinic Cabinet, serving on the Board of Directors of the MetroWest Federation; he has also been recognized as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Academy of Morris County and Chair of the Rabbinic Advisory Council; he is past president of the Morris County Board of Rabbis, and past president of the Morristown Area Inter-faith Council; he is a member of the Executive Board of the New Jersey Region of the Rabbinical Assembly; and Chairman of the National Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on continuing education, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Morris Plains do hereby recognize and congratulate Rabbi David Joseph Nesson on his 25 years of dedicated service to the Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael and its members.
DATED: October 3rd 2013
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Thank you Rabbi Nesson for 25 years of spiritual leadership and dedication to the Jewish community!
Wally, Christel, Genevieve, Mark and Charlie
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The first day of your new adventure to Morristown!
You will always be special to AIEA and we wish you a very hearty Mazel Tov in celebration of 25 fabulous years at MJCBY!
Mazel Tov to you, Ellen and your beautiful family!
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Congratulations to David, Ellen and the kids on at Morristown. Mazel Tov We are very proud on your 25 Years! that you began your rabbinic career in Montgomery! Neal and Beverly
Much love, Kolsky Joy and Dickie Blondheim.
Mazel Tov and may you go Mazel Tov! from strength to strength! Beena & Steve Levy Jake Aronov 25 Years...
Mazel Tov Mazel Tov on this on this wonderful Occasion! Milestone!
Warren & Myra Ari & Carmela Lerner Widmann
Thank you to our guests who made this night a very special event for the Rabbi. Mazel Tov! Thank you to our photagraphers Burt Brenman for posting pictures on face book.
Thank you to Ellen for all her help to make this evening special. Family Listing Robert & Diana Grayson and Thank you to Rabbi Nesson Greg, Robin, for being here for 25 years, for all Eliana & Daniel Milich the good times and bad!