Hammerman, Joshua

Hammerman, a rabbi and journalist, has served as spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut since 1992. His writing has appeared internationally, including three personal essays in the New York Times Magazine. He also writes a regular column for the New York Jewish Week, and has written for the New York Daily News, Newsday, Atlant Journal-Constitution, Hartford Courant, Jerusalem Post and Moment Magazine. He recently completed a term as the first pulpit rabbi to be president of the Council of Churches and Synagogues of Southwestern Connecticut.