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Alan Green,
Senior Rabbi
Rabbi Alan Green was
born September 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California where he lived
for most of his first 39 years. He grew up at Congregation Adat
Ariel in Valley Village, California where he was taken under the
wing of Cantor Allan Michelson, one of the great Hazzanim of that
day. Rabbi Green received his BA and MA in the History of Religions
from UCLA, and studied Rabbinic Literature for three years at the
University of Judaism in Los Angeles. He received rabbinic
ordination from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder and Dean of
the Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal, in 1991.
Besides Cantor
Michelson and Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi, Rabbi Green’s other
significant spiritual influences include His Holiness Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel, Rabbi Dr. Arthur
Green, and Dr. Kees W. Bolle, who for many years was Professor of
the History of Religions at UCLA.
For five years,
Rabbi Green was spiritual leader of Temple B'nai Emet in Montebello,
California before coming to Winnipeg in 1992 and serving as
spiritual leader of Beth Israel Congregation until the year 2000.
Rabbi Green has served as Senior Rabbi of
Shaarey Zedek Congregation since the fall of 2000.
Rabbi Green has been
married to Chaya and her triplets, Daniel, Eve, and Shoshanah, since
1990. He calls his move to Winnipeg “one of the best things that
ever happened to me”, and he looks forward to many more years of
happiness, harmony, and celebration at Shaarey Zedek, and with the
Winnipeg Jewish community.
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Aníbal Mass,
Chazzan
Chazzan
Aníbal Mass was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since he was a
little boy he was interested in music, especially singing. As a
child he participated in the well-known children’s choir of the
Colegio Bet-Am Medinat Israel, which was directed by the teacher
Nestor Stofblat. Chazzan Mass’ interest in liturgical music came
while studying for his own Bar Mitzvah. Only one week after his Bar
Mitzvah, he began to lead the Kabbalat Shabbat Services at Templo
BAMI. His increasing interest in chazzanut inspired him to undertake
formal studies at the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano de Buenos
Aires, first as a student at the pre-rabbinical school and then at
the Escuela de Jazanim “Bet Asaf” (School of Chazzanim). Among his
teachers were Jazan Oscar Fleischer (Ashkenazi liturgy) and Jazan
Ramon Tasat (Sefardi liturgy). Immediately after completing his
chazzanut studies, Chazzan Mass was selected as a full-time Chazzan
by the Israelite Community of Santiago, Chile, where he served for
over eight years. During that time, he continued studies in music
and singing with his teacher, Marcelo Olivari. Chazzan Mass has been
with Congregation Shaarey Zedek since August 2002.
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Matthew Leibl,
Chazzan Sheini
Matthew joined Shaarey Zedek as Chazzan Sheini in May 2004. His primary responsibilities are chanting from the Torah every Shabbat and teaching Bar and Bat Mitzvah students. A proud product of Winnipeg's Jewish Education system, Matthew graduated from Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate in May 2003. In 2007, Matthew left Winnipeg to study journalism in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After two years out east and the better part of a third year traveling the world, he returned home. In fall of 2010, Matthew returned to reassume his role as Chazzan Sheini. Matthew is also a talented radio announcer and can be heard weekday afternoons on Sports Radio 1290. What does he like best about Shaarey Zedek? "The warmth, tradition, and, of course, the tuna."
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Leslie Emery, Chazzan Shlisheet and Program Director
Leslie
was born and raised in Winnipeg with roots in the local Jewish Community that span for generations, and include her own personal involvement with Shaarey Zedek and Jewish Winnipeg for most of her life. After having her Bat Mitzvah at the Shaarey Zedek in 1996, she continued to read Torah and daven at services and tutor B’nai Mitzvah students. She continued in this role through university and after completing her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Winnipeg, she transitioned to Program Director in 2009. Her role continues to expand with the development of children and family programming. Leslie is well known for her passion for helping others, adding kindness and positivity to everything she does, and commitment to building community. |
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Bill Weissmann, Shammes
Bill has an extensive
background in human resource management, public relations and
marketing with a number of national companies. He helped design,
manage and implement communication policies; marketing strategies;
new product research, production and advertising campaigns and
developed, implemented and directed public relations policies.
Bill’s first love is
teaching. His teaching career, which began at J. H. Bruns Collegiate
and later moved on to Red River Community College (Market Driven
Training and Continuing Education Divisions) and the University of
Winnipeg Continuing Education Division, has been very rewarding. He
currently advises and works with students in various disciplines.
Serving as Shaarey Zedek
Synagogue’s Shammes since 1997, Bill is happiest when able to offer
guidance to those attending the daily Minyan services. When families
are in need of support, Bill recalls the gentle methods used by his
predecessor, Ben Raber, and follows the example of Rabbi Alan Green. He truly believes that the most
satisfying feeling one can experience is being able to provide
encouragement to others during the most difficult times of their
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