Spiritual Leadership
Rabbi Chaim Poupko, Rabbi, and Dr. Shoshana Klein Poupko
Rabbi Daniel Goldberg, Associate Rabbi
Rabbi Mordy Kuessous, Associate Rabbi for the Benaroya Sephardic Center
Prof. Nechama Price, Yoetzet Halacha
Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig, Resident Scholar
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Rabbi Chaim Poupko became Senior Rabbi in 2017 following 14 years at Congregation Ahavath Torah holding positions of Rabbinic Intern, Assistant Rabbi, and Associate Rabbi. Over the years, Rabbi Poupko has been involved in all segments of the community, speaking and teaching on a wide array of interests in Jewish thought and practice, coordinating shul programming, and caring for members of the community. Rabbi Poupko is a member of the National Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and served as Office: (201) 568-5860 Dr. Shoshana Poupko, LMSW, is a beloved teacher and counselor in our community. As the Rebbetzin, Dr. Poupko is an invaluable spiritual resource to women and families, and prepares many Kalot for their weddings and young women for Bat Mitzvah. She works as a therapist at Achieve Behavioral Health in Monsey, NY. Prior to her working as a social worker, Dr. Poupko has served as the Dean of Students at Ma'ayanot High School and prior to that she worked at the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School for 16 years. In her capacity at the NSHAHS, Dr. Poupko was the Chairperson of the Chumash Department, Director of Israel Guidance, and the Assistant Principal of Judaic Studies. Dr. Poupko began her career at the HAFTR High School where she taught Judaic Studies and coached the softball team. Dr. Poupko earned her BA, MS, and Ed.D from Yeshiva University and has taught in its Stern College for Women. She recently completed her MSW at Rutgers University School of Social Work and is developing her career as a therapist. In her spare time, Dr. Poupko can be found gardening, playing tennis, kayaking, or reading books on positive psychology and mindfulness. Email: shoshanakp@gmail.com
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Email: rgoldberg@ahavathtorah.org Office: (201) 568-5780
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Email: rkuessous@ahavathtorah.org
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Treasurer and President of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County. Rabbi Poupko is married to Shoshana (née Klein) and they are the proud parents of Ayelet, Elana, Chana ob"m, and Rachel. Rabbi Poupko is a musmach of Yeshiva University where he studied with Rabbi Yonasan Sacks and Rabbi Yosef Weiss. He grew up in Skokie, IL and attended the Skokie Yeshiva, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and Yeshiva University.
Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig, our Resident Scholar, is a maggid shiur at Yeshiva University and a dayan at the Beth Din of America. He received his semikha, Yoreh Yoreh and Yadin Yadin, from RIETS, where he was a fellow of the Wexner Kollel Elyon and Editor-in-Chief of the Beit Yitzchak Journal of Talmudic and Halakhic Studies. He received his BA in physics and philosophy from Yeshiva University, an MA in medieval Jewish history from YU’s Bernard Revel Graduate School and an MA in philosophy from Columbia University.
Rabbi Rosensweig studied Talmud with Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein at Yeshivat Har Etzion and the history of halakha with Professor Haym Soloveitchik at Yeshiva University. He studied for over a decade with his father, Rabbi Michael Rosensweig. Previously, he was a fellow of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and taught an advanced Talmud shiur at Columbia University’s Kraft Center. Rabbi Rosensweig also teaches Jewish Business Law and Ethics at YU’s Sy Syms School of Business and philosophy at Yeshiva College.
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