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Rabbi Richard Camras

 

I want to welcome you to Shomrei Torah Synagogue. STS is a vibrant Conservative Congregation located in the West San Fernando Valley. You will find that we are a warm and caring community whose mission is to teach, challenge, and support its members to grow Jewishly. We offer an array of spiritual, educational, charitable, and social opportunities in which to participate. As a Conservative synagogue, we are rooted in the wisdom of Torah as it guides us to face the challenges of today's world. We invite you to join us on this journey of spiritual growth, learning, community, and enrichment. And on a more personal note, I look forward to future opportunities to get to know you and/or your family as we join together in meaningful worship, learning and communal engagement.

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Rabbi Erez Sherman

Rabbi Sherman is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, ordained in May of 2009, where he was awarded the United Synagogue Award for Congregational Service. He is also a graduate of Albert A. List College and Columbia University with degrees in music and Talmud. Rabbi Sherman served as assistant to the Rabbi of Temple Sholom in Greenwich, CT during Rabbinical school. 

 

With Rabbi Sherman's enthusiasm for Jewish music he has created energetic, upbeat, highly participatory, spiritual services as well instrumental ensembles of all ages.

His thesis at the Jewish Theological Seminary was titled "Music in The Synagogue in the 21st Century."

 

Rabbi Sherman also loves working with the special needs community. He has lectured around the United States to groups of all ages on "Inclusion of those with Disabilities into the Jewish Community." As part of his year of study in Israel at Machon Schechter, he volunteered with the Conservative Movement's Bnai-Mitvah program for those with special needs in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Sherman has worked extensively with Jewish teenagers, leading USY Eastern Europe and Israel Pilgrimage for three summers during Rabbinical school.
  
Rabbi Sherman is a native of Syracuse, New York and comes from a family of Rabbis. The son of Rabbi Charles and Leah Sherman, his father has served as spiritual leader of Temple Adath Yeshurun in Syracuse, NY for the last 33 years and his sister, Rabbi Nogah Marshall serves as educational director of Har Zion Temple in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.