Rabbi Dr. Andy Dubin - Jewish Center of Northwest Jersey

The spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation is its rabbi. Our temple’s rabbi also serves as principal of our Hebrew School, the Mike Weiner School of Jewish Learning, and conducts the Rabbi’s Class as part of the temple’s Adult Education program.

Rabbi Dr. Andy Dubin came to the JCNWJ in July, 2015, succeeding Rabbi Mary Zamore, who came to the JCNWJ in July, 2013, who in turn had succeeded Rabbi Emerita Ellen J. Lewis, who served for 19 years.After graduating from Amherst College in 1988, Rabbi Dr. Dubin embarked on a 20-year career in the field of education during which he taught religious studies at some of America’s most demanding high schools, including St. Paul’s (NH), Northfield Mount Hermon (MA), Trinity (NYC), and Exeter (NH). As well, Rabbi Dr. Dubin served as Dean of Students at two of the nation’s finest pluralistic Jewish Schools: Gann Academy (MA) and American Hebrew Academy (NC). Over the years he also spent four summers as a Head-of-Tour for NFTY in Israel, which led to a position at the Union for Reform Judaism as Director of College Education and Founding Director of the Meitav Fellowship for Teen Leadership.

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Throughout his years of teaching, Rabbi Dr. Dubin never stopped pursuing his own studies too, which led to a master’s degree in 1992 and a doctorate in 2008, both from the Department of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages of The Jewish Theological Seminary.

A 2014 ordinee of Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Dr. Dubin purposefully constructed a varied a student pulpit experience during his three years of training in New York., serving as Student Rabbi for Temple B’nai Israel (Albany, GA), Pastoral Care Intern for DOROT (NYC), Rabbinic Intern for Woodlands Community Temple (Greenburgh, NY), Religious School Principal and Rabbinic Intern for Union Temple (Brooklyn, NY), Student Chaplain at Weil Cornell Hospital (NYC), and Student Rabbi for Temple Beth HaSholom (Williamsport, PA).

Since 2013, Rabbi Dr. Dubin has been serving as the part-time Director of Hebrew Home Study and Adult Learning at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Synagogue (a position he will continue to occupy, so long as his schedule at JCNWJ permits). Rabbi Dr. Dubin also teaches privately and officiates major life-cycle events.

A native New Yorker, Rabbi Dr. Dubin lives in Manhattan and has four children, Shira, Liron, Rayn, and Ari.

The “Rabbi’s Message” appears in every issue of the JOURNAL, the newsletter of the JCNWJ. Selected sermons are also provided below.

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Selected Sermons:

We Are Not Victims. We Are Jews. – Rabbi Dubin’s sermon in response to recent anti-Semitic attacks, January 3, 2020.
What’s in a Name – January 8, 2016 (pdf, 40kb)
In Its Mother’s Milk – February 5, 2016 (pdf, 110kb)

Last updated: February 2, 2025