Rabbi Steven, began work at Temple Sinai in 1985. Rabbi, along with his wife Barbara, have three adult children and some 40 years later, each has married and have provided their parents with six grandchildren to call them Bubby באבי and Saba סבא.
“Judaism has been an awesome experience for me. Here, at Temple Sinai, we have shared breathtaking moments of caring, sharing, study, dreaming, and worship. Temple Sinai is the place to begin and continue one’s search to become the best Jew we each can become in a supportive, user-friendly, contemporary and, most importantly, Heymish environment.”
He still enjoys doing some serious studies when he prepares for occasional Torah Spark sessions on Shabbat and his class series “Beyond Torah Basics.”
Steven Fineblum graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1976. Presently, Rabbi Fineblum is a member of the Tri-county Board of Rabbis of Southern NJ, where he has held the offices of President, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer. After being on the Board and Membership Committee, Convention co-Chair, RRC Scholarship and Admissions Committees, and served on the Executive Committee of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association as Vice President and Treasurer. Our Rabbi Emeritus has joined other local clergy throughout this time to build enduring interfaith bridges as part of the Tri-Boro Clergy Association.
Rabbi Fineblum earned his Master’s Degree in Education from Temple University in 1975 and holds a Certificate in Chaplaincy from Gratz College under the auspices of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Einstein Hospital. In June 2001, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. This year is his Jubilee celebration of his ordination.
Steven enjoys reading mysteries, playing canasta with Barbara and friends and just being together with friends for a good meal and their family for cribbage, canasta, and Monopoly, if anyone is willing.
He can be reached at: SNFineblum@gmail.com