Rabbi Benjamin J. Samuels

Benjamin J. Samuels has served as the rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, a Modern Orthodox synagogue of 250 families in Newton, Massachusetts, since 1995. He is the president of the Vaad Harabonim of New England, a musmach of RIETS, a member of the Executive Committee of the RCA, and teaches widely in the Greater Boston Jewish community. The Shaarei community aspires to provide an inclusive, friendly, and participatory atmosphere conducive to personal religious growth through Torah study, tefillah, chesed and tzedek, and to building a supportive community of Torah values and Jewish meaning.