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Rabbi Cantor Inna Serebro-Litvak was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She made aliyah to Israel with her entire family, where she pursued her undergraduate studies at the Music Academy of Tel Aviv University. After graduating, she moved to the United States and enrolled at the JTS Miller Cantorial School. Rabbi Inna was the first woman from the former Soviet Union to graduate from JTS.
She has served as the cantor at Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, NJ, and Temple Beth Am in Parsippany, NJ. While serving at Temple Beth Am, she enrolled in and completed her rabbinic ordination and earned a Master’s Degree in Jewish Studies at AJR. Rabbi Inna currently serves as the senior rabbi at Temple Shalom in Succasunna, NJ.
Rabbi Serebro-Litvak has been a co-chair of the Roxbury Interfaith Clergy for the past two years. She believes strongly in the importance of interfaith dialogue and regularly hosts joint events with members of other houses of worship.
She is married to Anatoly Litvak and has two young adult daughters, Emily and Abigail. The family also includes a beloved Portuguese Water Dog named Mishka. In her free time, Rabbi Inna enjoys hiking, practicing yoga, attending theater performances, listening to audiobooks, and learning French.
Rabbi Inna is known for her warm and welcoming presence. Whether leading services, teaching, or simply greeting congregants, she creates a sense of belonging for everyone she meets.
Rabbi Inna has a blog on The Times of Israel. You can read her articles (two of them were selected as Featured Post): https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/inna-serebro-litvak/
Sampling of Rabbi's Sermons
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Rabbi Emeritus Joel E. Soffin served as the spiritual leader of Temple Shalom for twenty-seven years from 1979 to his retirement in June of 2006. Before entering rabbinical school, he pursued a PhD in economics. He was ordained in 1976 at HUC-JIR and served as an Assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in West Hartford, CT before taking the pulpit in Succasunna.
Rabbi Soffin has a passion for social action and Tikkun Olam projects, combined with a search for spirituality and holiness in life. In addition to serving as a member of the Commission on Social Action of the Reform Movement for 15 years, he had undertaken many projects with the congregation of Temple Shalom including founding Shalom Ethiopia and The Million Quarter Project. Rabbi Soffin was also the creator of the Reform Movement’s Adult Mitzvah Corps which has traveled to locations in Kentucky, New Jersey, Vermont, Tennessee, Louisiana and Jerusalem.
As Rabbi Emeritus, Rabbi Soffin enjoys sharing his creative and challenging teaching style with our members. Rabbi Emeritus Soffin resides in New York City with his wife, Sandy, a computer analyst.