Adath Jeshurun

Clergy

Our Rabbi

Rabbi Robert B. Slos­berg is the rabbi at Con­gre­ga­tion Adath Jeshu­run, where he has been serv­ing since his ordi­na­tion in 1981. Rabbi Slos­berg has ded­i­cated his career to cre­at­ing a vibrant and active Con­ser­v­a­tive congregation.

Rabbi Slos­berg has held sev­eral national lead­er­ship posi­tions in the Con­ser­v­a­tive Move­ment. Cur­rently, he is the National Co-Chairman of the Keruv (Out­reach) Com­mis­sion. His state­ment of Con­ser­v­a­tive Judaism’s Out­reach Prin­ci­ples has been adopted by The Lead­er­ship Cab­i­net of Con­ser­v­a­tive Judaism, and was pub­lished in the sum­mer of 2009. Rabbi Slos­berg serves as a board mem­ber of the National Coun­cil of Syn­a­gogues. In 2002–2006, he was the chair­man of the Board of Over­seers of Albert A. List College.

Rabbi Slos­berg received his Bach­e­lor of Arts Cum Laude from Colum­bia Uni­ver­sity with hon­ors in his­tory. He addi­tion­ally earned a B.A. and an M.A. degree and rab­binic ordi­na­tion from the Jew­ish The­o­log­i­cal Seminary.

Rabbi Slos­berg and his wife Deb­o­rah have three grown children.

Our Can­tor

Can­tor Lipp came to Con­gre­ga­tion Adath Jeshu­run as Haz­zan in 1994. He has estab­lished a rep­u­ta­tion as an inspir­ing leader of wor­ship and trans­mit­ter as Jew­ish musi­cal tra­di­tion, ancient to contemporary.

He cur­rently leads wor­ship ser­vices, pre­pares youth for bar and bat mitz­vah, teaches syn­a­gogue skills to chil­dren and adults, co-officiates at all life-cycle events, does pas­toral work, directs the Adath Jeshu­run Adult choir and pre­pares and sings in con­certs each year. Can­tor Lipp also cur­rently serves as an offi­cer on the Exec­u­tive Coun­cil of the Can­tors Assembly.

He was born in Madi­son, Wis­con­sin, and grew up in Jerusalem, Haifa, and Min­neapo­lis. Before embark­ing on a career as a can­tor, David Lipp was an actor per­form­ing in local and regional the­atre and music com­edy in the Mid­west. He grad­u­ated Summa Cum Laude with a Bach­e­lor of Music degree in Vocal Per­for­mance from the Uni­ver­sity of Min­nesota and received a Mas­ters of Sacred Music degree from the Can­tors Insti­tute of the Jew­ish The­o­log­i­cal Seminary.

Can­tor Lipp is mar­ried to Rabbi Laura Met­zger and they are the par­ents of a daughter.