Rabbi Noah Kitty
Excecutive Director
Service Leader
E-Mail ExecutiveDirector@EtzChaimFlorida.org

I grew up in Philadelphia, PA. After a series of unfortunate events in the public school system, my parents asked if I would like to spend my senior year of high school in Israel. Of course I would! And who knew a war would break out a month after I got there?! This experience of living in Israel gave me a different perspective of the cost of a Jewish homeland, and eventually led to my desire to serve the Jewish people as a rabbi. After many happy years in the greater Boston area working towards my BA and MA, I returned to Philly to attend the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. One of my student placements was in Brattleboro, Vermont- yes, there are Jews in them thar hills! Upon graduation I was invited to continue to lead the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community/Congregation Shir Heharim. For seven years I served this wonderful congregation, learning and teaching the many opportunities to explore the varieties of Jewish expression in a rural area. The need to care for my mother (z”l) brought me to South Florida, where I am now happily a “Jew in the pew”. I am honored to be one of the lay service leaders for CEC.

Jerry Berkowitz
Chazzan

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