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BCRC Leadership

Message from the President

Sacred Partnership


 

 

 

 

Rabbi Jesse Gallop

Beth Chaverim Reform Congregation is proud to have had Rabbi Jesse Gallop as our first permanent spiritual leader from 2008 to 2010.

Rabbi Gallop, a native of Minneapolis, MN, holds a BA in Social Science from the University of Denver and a MA in Hebrew Literature from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). His achievements have been recognized with awards for academic excellence and leadership in the university community. Rabbi Gallop received the 2007 Rabbi Jill Kreitman Prize for exceptional achievement in history studies at HUC-JIR and was the University of Denver's Outstanding Sophomore Man of the Year for 2000.

Rabbi Gallop has held social work positions as chaplain for the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and as a director of youth programs in Israel, Florida, and Puerto Rico. He has been teaching and supervising Jewish education at the elementary, upper grades, family, and adult levels in Denver, Minneapolis, Brooklyn, and Ashburn.

In his last three years at HUC-JIR, then-Student Rabbi Gallop traveled regularly to Northern Virginia to serve as BCRC's worship leader, educator, and pastoral counselor. Rabbi Gallop was ordained May 4, 2008 and joined BCRC as our permanent Rabbi on July 1, 2008. Rabbi Gallop joined Beth Ahabah Congregation in Richmond, VA as an Assistant Rabbi in July 2010.



From the Rabbi's Study, by Rabbi Jesse Gallop

  The Sacred Journey We Shared (Jun/Jul 2010)
  Why Israel? (Apr/May 2010)
  Celebrating the Holidays (Feb/Mar 2010)
  Keeping the Summer Sun Aglow (Dec 2009/Jan 2010)
  Jewish Pride In Loudoun County (Oct/Nov 2009)
  More Than Just Repentance (Aug/Sep 2009)


Also by Rabbi Gallop

  Forgiveness - Yom Kipur Day 5770
  Living Judaism - Kol Nidre 5770
  Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5770
  Erev Rosh Hashanah 5770

 

 


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