Clergy

Although formed in 1929, it wasn’t until 1941 that Temple Emanu-El employed it’s first full-time rabbi.

Rabbi Alfred Wolf was installed Sunday, November 30, 1941 and served the Dothan congregation for five years.

Rabbi Martin I. Hinchin, D.D.
1946 – 1948

Rabbi Samuel M. Gup
1949 – 1950

Rabbi Meyer H. Marx, D.D.
1950 – 1952

Rabbi Israel J. Gerber, Ph.D.
1953 – 1959

Rabbi Isaac Neuman
1959 – 1961

Rabbi Benjamin Rosayn, D.D., LL.D.
1962 – 1968

Rabbi Mordecai M. Thurman
1968 – 1975

Rabbi Donald A. Tam
1975 – 1978

Rabbi Paul L. Tuchman
1978 – 1982

Rabbi Leonard S. Zoll
1982 – 1985

Rabbi Stanley Funston, Ph.D
1985 – 1992

Rabbi Larry Mahrer
1997* – 2006

Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith
2007 – 2017

Cantor Neil Schwartz
2019 – 2022

Rabbi Michael Shields
2022 – 2023

Rabbi Jonathan Lee Jackson
2023 –

Dates marked by an asterisk are approximate.

Photo credits: The Dothan Eagle