
Joel N. Abraham is a Reform Rabbi, graduate of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, currently serving as the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains, NJ. He currently serves as co-chair of Reform Jewish Voice of New Jersey and is on the Clergy Caucus of Faith in New Jersey and the Steering Committee of the Union County Interfaith Clergy Council and as co-Founder/Vice President of Social Justice Matters. He is past president of the NJ-West Hudson Valley Association of Reform Rabbis, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Ministerium, and the Union County Board of Rabbis. Rabbi Abraham is saddened by the increase in racism and xenophobia in our society, but encouraged that it has brought him the opportunity to work with such leaders in the Muslim community as Ayaz Aslam and Dr. All Chaudry, and to join the Steering Committee of the New Jersey Interfaith Committee, as well as to serve on the communication team.