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Temple Emanuel is a Reform Jewish congregation located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. It was founded in 1950 on the western side of Cherry Hill, and moved in 1992 to Cherry Hill's east side. Its first rabbi was Herbert M. Yarrish, who served from 1956 to 1975. , the senior rabbi is Jerome P. David, the rabbi is Larry Sernovitz, and the cantor is Neil Schnitzer.〔 ==History== Temple Emanuel was established in 1950 as Cherry Hill, New Jersey's first Reform Jewish congregation. They hired their first full-time rabbi, Herbert M. Yarrish, in 1956. Yarrish was a graduate of Harvard University, who had received a master's degree in Hebrew letters from Hebrew Union College in 1949.〔Downey, Sally A (September 19, 2007). ("Herbert Yarrish, 87, rabbi and stockbroker" ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer.〕 The members initially met in a variety of locations.〔 In 1959, when membership reached approximately 300, the congregation broke ground on its first permanent synagogue building in Delaware Township, on Cherry Hill's west side.〔〔Cammarota, Ann Marie T (2001). ''Pavements in the Garden: The Suburbanization of Southern New Jersey''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-8386-3881-1〕 Jerome P. David joined as assistant rabbi in 1974.〔("Our History" ), Temple Emanuel website. Accessed June 19, 2011.〕 Yarrish retired in 1975; following his retirement he worked as a stockbroker.〔 He was succeeded as senior rabbi by Edwin N. Soslow, a role he filled until his death in 1987. Soslow was succeeded as senior rabbi by Jerome P. David.〔 The congregation moved to its current building in east Cherry Hill in 1992.〔〔Preisler, Julian H (2008). ''Historic Synagogues of Philadelphia & the Delaware Valley''. The History Press. (p. 13 ). ISBN 978-1-59629-572-8〕 In 2005, Temple Emanuel broke the world record for dreidel spinning, with 541 dreidels spun simultaneously for at least ten seconds. There were 578 participants, succeeding the previous record of 535 people by the University of Maryland Hillel in 1999. In 2010, members of Yeshiva University broke Temple Emanuel's record, by spinning a total of 618 dreidels.〔See: *Shapiro, Gary (December 1, 2010). ("Dreidel Record Shattered With 618 Spinning Tops" ). ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. *Shelly, Jared (December 1, 2005). ("Who's the Tops?" ). ''The Jewish Exponent''.〕 , the senior rabbi is Jerome P. David, the rabbi is Larry Sernovitz, and the cantor is Neil Schnitzer.〔("Our Clergy" ), Temple Emanuel website. Accessed January 4, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Temple Emanuel (Cherry Hill, New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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