Our Clergy & Staff
BMH-BJ Clergy
Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky
303-951-8225
Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky was born in Philadelphia and received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University. He began his rabbinic career at Baltimore’s Beth Tfiloh Congregagtion and then served Annapolis, MD’s Knesseth Israel Congregation. He spent 10 summers on the rabbinical staff of the B’nai B’rith Leadership Kallah in Starlight, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Chaitovsky also received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law.
Rabbi Chaitovsky was the rabbi of BMH-BJ from 1995-2001 and returned to the synagogue and community he always loved in time for the Yamim Noraim in 2014 and then full-time at the start of 2015. During his years away, Rabbi Chaitovsky was the Senior Judaic Educator and then School Rabbi and Director of Jewish Life at the Shoshana Cardin High School, a pluralistic community school, in Baltimore.
A very popular and informative presenter, he has spoken to numerous teen and adult audiences around the world on a wide range of popular and scholarly topics. Rabbi Chaitovsky has extensive interest in Jewish ethics and contemporary society, and he is committed to the unity and diversity of the Jewish people. He also is an accomplished musician and an avid tennis player.
Cantor Martin Goldstein
303-951-8239
Cantor Martin Goldstein is a 7th generation Chazzan in his 40th year as a singer, educator, and clergy. He begins his time as the new Cantor at the BMH-BJ Congregation with the High Holy Days 5779. Cantor Marty, began his training at age 6 with his father, AH” Cantor Jacob Goldstein, who also served as Cantor of the BMH from 1970-72. Cantor Marty also studied with several of the great Cantors of our time including Cantor Moshe Ganchoff and Cantor Leibele Waldman.
Cantor Goldstein began his career singing with his parents Jack and Harriett Goldstein and 4 siblings as the Goldstein Family Singers. Cantor Marty continued his early training by singing in hotels such as Grossinger’s and Kutcher’s in the Catskill mountains as a choir boy and soloist. Cantor Goldstein was assistant conductor for the Shalom Singers during his choral training years in Boro Park, NY. Cantor Goldstein’s vocal training included time at Hunter College of the CUNY and at Manhattan School of Music in NYC and graduated from Empire State College of the SUNY. He began his career as a Cantor at age 19 with his first High Holidays in Del Rey Beach, Florida. Cantor Marty served 3 synagogues before coming the BMH-BJ. Temple Beth Chai in Hauppauge, New York, The Greenburgh Hebrew Center in Dobbs Ferry, NY and 25 years at the Hebrew Educational Alliance in Denver. Cantor Marty has trained hundreds of B’nai Mitzvah students during his career, as well as teaching various subjects in adult education. Among his favorites are Kabbalah and Jewish History.
Cantor Marty and his wife Eve have 4 children between them, Shayna, Jake, Rafi and Jack. They are all honored and excited to begin a new journey in this wonderful community.
Cantor Joel Lichterman
Cantor Emeritus
jlichterman@bmh-bj.org
Cantor Zachary Kutner
Cantor Emeritus
Synagogue Staff
Ilene Rosen
Executive Director
303-951-8232
Jeff Kline
President
Andy Schwartz
Assistant Executive Director & Facilities Manager
303-951-8227
Tamara Berkman
Director of Programming and Communications
303-951-8237
Rachael Neustadt
Clergy Assistant
303-951-8231
Nora Jamieson
Office Manager
303-951-8220
Emily Menkis
Accounting
303-951-8224
Noam Horowitz,
BMH-BJ Preschool
Lindsey Levin-Salamon
Preschool Director
303-388-7543
Debbie Foster
Preschool Administration
303-388-7543
Facilities Team
Simcha
Julie
Mount Nebo Memorial Park
Steve Miller
Director, Mt. Nebo Memorial Park
303-951-8236
2018-2019 BMH-BJ Board of Trustees
Jeff Kline, President
Ilene Rosen, Executive Director
Ben Streltzer, Treasurer
Dr. Herzl Melmed, Vice President
Debbie Friedman, Vice President
John Peterson, Secretary
Michael Miller, Chair of Board
Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky
Allan Tenenbaum
Arden Wandel
Cindy Noam
Dana Freisinger
Gary Saltzman
Jerry Jurinsky
Jerry Rotenberg
Jodi Cooper
Michael Engleberg
Shaul Gabbay
Toni Schiff
BMH-BJ Past Presidents
Edward N. Barad
Mark Boscoe
Barbara Burry
Bernice Dinner
Michael Engleberg
Richard Fleischman
Robert Friedman
Lawrence Gelfond
Melvin Goldberg z"l
Leland Huttner
Mickey Mandel
H. Michael Miller
Ilene Rosen
Charlene Sachter z"l
David Suson
Arden Wandel
Daniel Woodrow
Ronald I. Zall z"l