Rabbi Robert Silvers

      Rabbi Robert  A. Silvers has served as Rabbi for Congregation B’nai Israel since 1994. Prior to that time he served as Coordinator of Community Programs at the Commission for Jewish Education for the Palm Beach County Jewish Federation in West Palm Beach . Rabbi Silvers has extensive experience and background in pastoral care, having served his Rabbinical School Chaplaincy internship at Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York City . Rabbi Silvers has also served in the dual capacity of educator and chazzan at Temple Beth Zion in Royal Palm Beach.

     Locally, Rabbi Silvers serves as Vice President of the Palm Beach County Board of Rabbis and serves on the Executive Board of the Greater Boca Raton Religious Leaders Association, an interfaith coalition of clergy. He is a member of ARC (Association of Rabbis and Cantors) and NATE (National Association of Temple Educators). In recognition of his work for K’lal Yisrael, he was one of only 25 rabbis chosen nationally in February, 2002 to participate in a Rabbinic seminar and retreat on “Religious Pluralism-Judaism in the 21st Century” sponsored by the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.

Click here to read some of Rabbi Silvers’ sermons.