Adam Cerino-Jones
Rabbi
Rabbi Adam Cerino-Jones joined JCNP on August 1st, 2022. He is continuing JCNP’s tradition of service and inclusiveness. Rabbi Adam believes that a synagogue should be a place where all Jews, Jew-adjacent loved ones, and those interested in Judaism should not only feel welcome and safe, but heard, respected, and valued. This means meeting people where they are and accompanying them on whatever the path of their life looks like. Rabbi Adam is a recent graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RCC) who has been involved with multiple congregations, Jewish Student Unions, and served as hospital chaplain in an oncology unit. He also has more than 15 years of musical training and won the Evelyn R. Mehlman Jewish Music Award for 2020-21. Email: rabbi@thejcnp.org
Bill Strongin
Rabbi Emeritus
Rabbi William M. Strongin was JCNP Rabbi from 1984 to 2022. In addition to leading JCNP for many years, officiating countless Bar Mitzvahs, weddings, and other life-cycle events, Rabbi Bill Strongin has been a community leader and a prolific writer. He has published many articles and book reviews in magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals on subjects including Ancient and Medieval Jewish History, Biblical and Talmudic studies, Comparative Theology, Science and Religion, and Holocaust studies. Email: billstrongin@gmail.com
