Our Rabbi

Rabbi Androphy was born and raised in Waterbury, CT.  He attended Beth El Synagogue and its Hebrew and Hebrew High Schools, and Camp Ramah in New England.  He was very active in USY, serving as chapter president for two years and president of the Connecticut Region. Rabbi Androphy earned his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Brandeis University, where he majored in economics.  Upon his return from six months’ traveling through Western and Eastern Europe and Israel, he decided to study for the rabbinate. He enrolled at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, from which he received his M.A. and rabbinical ordination. Rabbi Androphy served as spiritual leader of Congregation Shomray Hadath in Elmira, NY, from 1978 to 1983.  He has been the rabbi of the East Meadow Jewish Center since September, 1983. Rabbi Androphy is a past president of the Rabbinical Assembly of Nassau-Suffolk, and currently serves as Av Bet Din (chief judge) of its conversion court. He is also president of the East Meadow Clergy Association.  The rabbi is also a past president of the Long Island Board of Rabbis, and the immediate past chairman of the Rabbinic Advisory Committee of the UJA-Federation of Long Island.  He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the New York Board of Rabbis In addition to his other activities, the rabbi is pursuing studies on a part-time basis for a doctorate (DHL) in Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The Rabbi and his wife, Nancy, are the parents of four children.

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