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Rabbi Howard Herman |
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Rabbi Howard Herman was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1978 at their New York campus. Prior to his ordination as rabbi he studied at both Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. While living in Israel for 5 years prior to his ordination he also attended Tel Aviv University, was a graduate of Yeshivat Hakotel and the Hartman Institute both of Jerusalem. Rabbi Herman served as Assistant Rabbi at Old York Road Temple Beth Am in Abington, Pennsylvania for two years prior to his coming to be the rabbi of the Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom . In 1980 Rabbi Herman accepted the position of Rabbi at the Farmington Valley Jewish Congregations-Emek Shalom. He is currently beginning his 28th year of service at the Temple. He is also the Jewish Chaplain of the USVA Medical Centers in Newington and West Haven Connecticut. He is adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought at Tunxis Community College in Farmington and is the host of “Reflections” his program on WTIC-AM 1080 radio on Sunday mornings. Rabbi Herman and his wife Mona live in West Simsbury. They have three children, Ary, Dan, and Samantha; two labradoodles Wryly and Emmett, a bichon frise Ruggy and a cat Sox. |
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