In an email Feb. 16, Beth Abraham Synagogue President Michael Freed and Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg informed the congregation that the rabbi’s employment with the synagogue will conclude with the end of his contract, June 30. “It is with great regret that we write today to inform the congregation that we

By Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg, Beth Abraham Synagogue A Chasidic legend tells us that the great Rabbi Baal Shem Tov, Master of the Good Name, also known as the Besht, undertook an urgent and perilous mission: to hasten the coming of the Messiah. The Jewish people, all humanity were suffering too much,

By Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg, Beth Abraham Synagogue, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer A rebbe and his devoted disciple were on a journey. Night was falling as they passed a forest, so they had to stop, make camp, and set up a tent for the night. After they got their

Jesuit university inspired Chicago native to enter the rabbinate By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer When Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg was an undergraduate at Loyola University in Chicago, a priest who taught his early modern history class asked him what he was doing Jewishly. Up to that point, he says,

On April 18, Beth Abraham Synagogue President Mary Rita Weissman announced to members via email that Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg will become the Conservative congregation’s rabbi as of July 1. A native of Chicago, Ginsberg received his rabbinic ordination and master of Hebrew letters degree from Jewish Theological Seminary. He is