Temple B’nai Abraham is a welcoming, full-service synagogue that follows the principles of the Conservative movement. We strive to offer our members a true sense of belonging with varied and stimulating learning experiences for adults and children.
The TBA family shares the warmth and beauty of Shabbat, colorful and meaningful holidays, and the fun of socializing together as a community. Men and women participate equally and children are always welcome at all services.
Whether you are looking for a spiritual home, a place to pray and celebrate while you are away from home, or if you are just beginning to seek your way back to Judaism, you will find it here.
We invite you to visit us and to attend a Shabbat or weekday service. We encourage you to bring your child to services or to one of our holiday workshops. You can learn more about our Religious School program here.
For more information, please contact the TBA office at (978) 927-3211 or by e-mail at info@tbabeverly.org
Who’s Who at TBA
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Rabbi Alison Adler was ordained at Hebrew College in May 2008 and served Congregation Mishkan Israel of Hamden, Connecticut, as assistant rabbi/educator. Previously, she served as the spiritual leader of Congregation Shaarei Shalom in Ashland, Massachusetts, and ritual educator at Temple Aliyah in Needham, Massachusetts. She also created and ran a symposium on Food, Body Image and Judaism in Philadelphia.Rabbi Adler strives to empower people of all ages to engage in Jewish study, to be moved to work for social justice and to experience prayer and life-cycle rituals that are vibrant and meaningful. She received her BA in psychology from Kenyon College, an MA in counseling psychology from Northwestern University and an MA in Jewish studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.She joins the Temple B’nai Abraham community with her husband, Charles Hirshberg, and their son, Leo. |
Staff |
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Deborah Vozella has been the part time Education Director at Temple B’nai Abraham since 2005. In 2008 Deborah added the role of Executive Director to her position. Deborah taught Religious School throughout the North Shore prior to becoming Education Director at TBA. And before teaching, Deborah was a successful Retail Store Manager for fourteen years. Deborah left retail to stay home and raise her children, Benjamin and Andrew. She returned to the work force as a volunteer soon after her son Benjamin was born and began teaching part time after having Andrew. With both boys in their teens Deborah now focuses her management experience and extensive Judaic education on her role at TBA. |
Officers |
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Alan Pierce resides in Beverly with his wife Donna, a member of the Board of Directors of TBA and co-president of Sisterhood. They have three sons, Judson Pierce of Arlington Mass and Michael Pierce and Matthew Lozow of New York CityAlan has served as a member of the TBA Board and as First Vice President.He currently serves as President of the Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore. In that capacity he has compiled two books on local Jewish history.Alan is an attorney with the Salem law firm of Alan S. Pierce & Associates |
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TBA member since 2000 Co-President 2004-2008 President 2008-2010 Treasurer 2009-Present Current Day Job—Director of Pricing, Horizon Beverage Company |
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Eric Zieff is the chair of the Membership Committee. He has been a member of TBA since 2004, and has served on the Board of Directors for several years. Eric has a private Psychology practice in Wakefield, MA. He lives in Beverly with his wife and two children. |
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Anita Freed has been a member of Temple B’nai Abraham since 1994, Bulletin editor since 1995, and School Committee/PTA member since 2003. She also serves on the Temple’s Communications Committee. She works as a freelance copy editor. |
Anita Freed
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Michael Katzenstein has been a member of Temple B’nai Abraham since 1993. This is Michael’s second time on the TBA board as Financial Secretary. He recently returned to this position after taking a five year break. Michael is the President of Behavioral Health Care Consultants, a small hospital management consulting firm which he founded in 1994. Michael lives in Beverly with his wife Paige and college age son’s Benjamin and Andrew. |
David Carnevale
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Board of Directors |
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Jim is married to Andi Freedman and father to Zehava and Elijah. A registered architect, Jim is Director of Structural Resources and Technology for the Trustees of Reservations, a statewide land conservation. Jim’s grandparents, Lilian Cohn and Abraham Cohn, as well as his parents, Barbara and Joseph Younger, were active members and board participants in years past. Jim and his family are enthusiastic members of the TBA community and its support of our Jewish heritage on the north shore. |
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Linda Magalnick, a Temple member for over 30 years and a member of the Board of Directors since 1998, is presently Ritual Committee Chair. She has also served the temple on the Rabbi Contract committee, the Cantor Search committee, chaired or served on committees for various fund-raising events, and served on the Sisterhood Board of Directors. Outside the Temple, she is presently the ORT America National Alliance Network Coordinator for chapters in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts and has served as president of Essex Chapter and Eastern Massachusetts Region. She has served on the boards of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore and the Jewish Community Center in West Peabody, was a founding member of the Danvers Committee for Diversity, and has served on various committees in the North Shore Jewish community. |
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Donna Pierce has been a member of the Board of Directors for three years. Donna is co-president of TBA’s Sisterhood and she serves on several committees, including Membership. She lives in Beverly with her husband, Alan. |
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Lisa Horowitz has been a Board member since 2009. She has been involved with the school committee for over 10 years. She and her family have belonged to the synagogue since moving to Beverly in 1997. She is a librarian at MIT. |
Michael Grant |
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Margie Sheris |
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Josh Rudin |
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Phil Goldberg |
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Eileen Edelstein |
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 Ken Hartman has been a member of TBA since 2009 and joined the board of directors in 2011. Ken lives in Beverly with his wife Peg and his daughters Rebecca (an aspiring service dog trainer) and Allison (a college junior). Ken is the Director of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at Progress Software in Bedford, MA. |
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Ken Hartman |
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Steven Swartz |
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Cemetery Trustees |
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Paul Weinberg has been a resident of Beverly and a part of the TBA family for over sixty-five years. He has been a Cemetery Trustee more than fifteen years and has also served on the TBA Board of Directors. He is a retired lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and served as a trial judge and in other legal positions around the world. |
Fran Baker
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Peter Gilmore
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Eli Davidyan
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Kiva Skolnick
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Marketing & Communications |
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Elaine Israelsohn
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Anita Freed
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