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Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer
Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer joined Temple Shearith Israel in
2008 after serving congregations in Syosset and
Brooklyn, New York. He was ordained from the Hebrew
Union College in 2003 after completing his studies at
the New York and Jerusalem campuses. He graduated summa
cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Tufts University.
Rabbi Eisenkramer was born and raised in St. Louis,
Missouri, where he discovered his love of fly fishing.
He now fishes the streams of Connecticut and New York,
and writes about religion and fly fishing on his blog,
The Fly Fishing Rabbi,
www.flyfishingrabbi.com . Rabbi Eisenkramer’s
writings have appeared in Reform Judaism Magazine
and Trout Magazine.
Rabbi Eisenkramer and his wife, Marcela Betzer, live in
Ridgefield.
To contact Rabbi Eisenkramer:
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Deborah Katchko Gray
Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray grew up in a distinguished
family of cantors. She is a fourth generation cantor and
the second woman to serve a Conservative congregation.
Deborah founded the Women Cantors’ Network in l982 to
help share the love of cantorial
music she grew up with. The WCN has grown to 300 members
from 5 countries and 32 states.
At Boston University her studies with Elie Wiesel
convinced her that continuing in this family tradition
was the best response for Jewish survival. Elie Wiesel
said of her, ''If a teacher had only one student, you,
it would be Dayenu!''
Since 1999, Deborah has served Temple Shearith Israel in
Ridgefield, CT and is active in the greater community.
She has developed musical and educational programs for
National Hadassah, UJC Speakers Bureau, CAJE, Chautauqua
Institution, and the Wexner Foundation. She was selected
as a Teaching Artist for the Connecticut Commission on
the Arts, and is on the roster of the UJC Speaker’s
Bureau as well as the Fass Speakers Bureau in NYC.
Her recordings include Kindersongs, Jewish Soul and A
Sacred Spirit. The Cantors Assembly Spirit Series has
used her recordings in the Spirit of Israel, Spirit of
Hanukkah, and Spirit of the Jewish Wedding cd series.
Her rendition of Yerushalayim Shel Zahav was selected
for The International Jewish Songbook recording from
TARA publications. Her cds are heard on Jewish radio
stations throughout the country and are available at
cdbaby.com, oysongs.com and tsiridgefield.org. Jewish
Soul was reviewed by the Jewish Week and received four
stars!
Cantor Katchko-Gray is a member of the Cantors Assembly
and Founder and Past President of the Women Cantors’
Network. Deborah is co-chair of the CT. Region of the
Cantors Assembly and a member of the Executive Council.
She is an Associate Member of the American Conference of
Cantors and served on the Liturgy Task Force.
Deborah’s story is included in The Invisible Thread- A
Portrait of American Jewish women. She also teaches huck
embroidery for tallitot and is an amateur cellist with a
Cello Quartet and the Fairfield County Symphony Society.
Elie Wiesel had this to say about Deborah’s voice-
''Listen to her. Debbie will enable you to hear and feel
the exquisite yet melancholy beauty of Jewish melodies
that must never be forgotten.''
She is the mother of four sons and stepmother of three
sons. She is married to Dr. F. Scott Gray of Connecticut
Family Orthopedics and the Danbury Foot and Ankle
Center.
http://www.oysongs.com/deborahkatchkogray
To contact Cantor Katchko-Gray:
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Rabbi Emeritus Jon R.
Haddon, D.D.
Rabbi Jon R. Haddon was invested at the Cantorial
School of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in 1972 and was ordained a Rabbi in 1980. He
was a Cantor in Rye, NY, and the first director of the
School of Sacred Music at HUC. He has also served
pulpits in White Plains, NY, and Newington, Connecticut.
Rabbi Haddon is a member of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, the American Federation of Cantors, the
Rabbinic Council of The Jewish Federation and the
Pastoral Advisory Committee of Danbury Hospital. Rabbi
Haddon is a former president of the Ridgefield Clergy
Association. He is also the founder of the WREF radio
program, "Moments of Inspiration," and has written for
many local newspapers. His article, "The Need to Teach
Goodness," appeared in the Readers Digest in November,
1998.
To contact Rabbi Haddon:
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