Rabbi Clifford E. Librach, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, graduated from Georgetown University with an A.B. degree, and received a Juris Doctor degree from New York University. He received a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters (MAHL) from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was ordained in 1986. He was named Senior Rabbi of the United Jewish Center in May 2004.
After practicing law for 10 years, Rabbi Librach began his rabbinic career at the Moses Montefiore Congregation in Bloomington, Illinois, from 1986 to 1992. He then served as Rabbi of Temple Sinai in Sharon, Massachusetts from January, 1993 until joining our congregation.
Rabbi Librach was honored in 1998 by The Forward as one of the "50 most dynamic and influential Jewish leaders in America" the only pulpit rabbi to be so honored. He continues to be active in many local concerns and is a prominent spokesman for Judaism and Israel. He has served on the National Advisory Board of the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and several committees of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Rabbi Librach is featured in a 2004 PBS documentary entitled "Faith Partnership," on innovative Jewish/Christian programming. His scholarship and essays have been published in a variety of forums, including Commentary, Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility, Journal of Reform Judaism, and the much acclaimed "Jewish Contributions to American Public Policy for the 21st Century," published in 2004.
He and his wife Miriam live in Danbury. Their daughter Giliah lives in Jerusalem and their son Max resides in Washington, DC.
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