Rabbi Marc Gitler, a native New Yorker, joined EDOS following a two year stint as the assistant Rabbi of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue. A recipient of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Rabbi Gitler received his Rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City, and from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat. Rabbi Gitler was named Alumnus of the Year by YCT in 2008. He holds a Master's in Public Administration from New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service.An alumnus of Yeshiva University, after graduation Rabbi Gitler traveled to Belarus where he served for two years as the overseas director of YUSSR, a student-founded organization that works with Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union. While in Minsk and Moghilev, he organized Jewish communal programming, ranging from Sunday schools and summer camps for children to luncheons for the elderly. During his tenure in Rabbinical school Rabbi Gitler interned for two years at ASBI synagogue in Chicago's North side, and participated in the American Jewish World Service's first rabbinical student delegation. Rabbi Gitler is married to Sarah Geiger of Elizabeth, New Jersey, an alumna of Barnard College, and the University of Pennsylvania law school. She is currently an associate at Faegre & Benson. Most importantly, the couple was recently blessed with their first child, Sophia Golda. He can be reached by calling the Shul at 303-322-7943, or by email at Rabbi@EDOSdenver.org |
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