Today marks an exciting new chapter at Congregation B’nai Israel as we officially welcome Rabbi Erica Rosenkranz as our Senior Associate Rabbi. We are thrilled to have her join our community!
Rabbi Erica was born and raised in Rockland County, New York. She attended Binghamton University with a double major in Comparative Literature and Judaic Studies. In 2006, Rabbi Erica received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York.
Prior to being the rabbi at CBI, Rabbi Erica was the Director of Community Engagement for the NOW for Holocaust Survivors Initiative and campus rabbi at MorseLife Health system in West Palm Beach. She also spent six years working In the planning department at the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, starting new initiatives like the Jewish Volunteer Center and creating programs to engage all ages of the Palm Beach County community.
Rabbi Erica is passionate about volunteerism and helping create positive change, one person at a time. She lives by the Pirkei Avot teaching (2:16), where it states “It is not your responsibility to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist from it”.
Rabbi Erica loves attending music concerts, working out, and taking trips and spending quality time with her family. Her husband, Rabbi Andrew Rosenkranz, is the rabbi at Temple Beth Torah in Wellington. She has two children, Laila who attends UCF in Orlando and Haviv, who is in 8th grade.
We invite you to watch Rabbi Erica’s welcome message.
We’re excited for you to get to know Rabbi Erica in the months ahead. Be sure to look for our August bulletin, where we’ll feature a fun Q&A so you can learn even more about her—both as a rabbi and as a person.
Want to meet and welcome Rabbi Erica in person? Join the Women of CBI on Wednesday, August 5 at 5:00 PM at 60 Vines as we raise a glass in celebration.
5050 Town Center Circle #239, Boca Raton, FL 33486; In the Shops of Boca Center
No charge for CBI Members and Member Guests. RSVP by Jul 31 to womenofcbi@cbiboca.org.