Rabbi Adam Roffman began his career at Shearith Israel in 2013 after receiving his ordination from the Rabbinical School at the Jewish Theological Seminary. At JTS, he was awarded the Rabbi Max Gelb Memorial Prize in Talmud and the Israel H. Levinthal Prize in Homiletics. In 2024, Adam and his wife Rabbi Shira Wallach were elected by the congregation to serve as Senior Rabbis alongside their dear friend and rabbinic partner, Rabbi Ari Sunshine.
In addition to his responsibilities as a teacher and pastor, Rabbi Roffman oversees many aspects of Shearith Israel’s culture and communications. Holiday celebrations, major events, and our digital footprint all benefit from Rabbi Roffman’s creative vision for engaging Jewish communities. Rabbi Roffman has also taught and mentored dozens of conversion students both in Dallas and as a rabbinic fellow at B’nai Jeshurun in Manhattan.
Before enrolling in rabbinical school, Rabbi Roffman spent several years training and performing as a musical theater actor in New York City. His Broadway style Purim spiels, starring his Klei Kodesh conspirators on both stage and screen, bring down the house every spring with theatrical stunts that have become legend (yes, he did ride a horse inside the synagogue). His two auto biographical musical revues, Songs the Rabbi Shouldn’t Sing and On Sunday the Rabbi Sang Sondheim (both directed by Emmy Award winning TCU Professor Richard J. Allen) played sold out performances in Dallas and Fort Worth. During the summer, Rabbi Roffman serves as musical director of Ramah Bamah, a two-week musical theater intensive at Camp Ramah Darom in Georgia.
Rabbi Roffman is from Baltimore, Maryland where he attended Krieger Schechter Day School and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College. He is a very proud dad of two Orioles-loving, Sondheim singing daughters, Hannah and Rebecca.
In addition to his responsibilities as a teacher and pastor, Rabbi Roffman oversees many aspects of Shearith Israel’s culture and communications. Holiday celebrations, major events, and our digital footprint all benefit from Rabbi Roffman’s creative vision for engaging Jewish communities. Rabbi Roffman has also taught and mentored dozens of conversion students both in Dallas and as a rabbinic fellow at B’nai Jeshurun in Manhattan.
Before enrolling in rabbinical school, Rabbi Roffman spent several years training and performing as a musical theater actor in New York City. His Broadway style Purim spiels, starring his Klei Kodesh conspirators on both stage and screen, bring down the house every spring with theatrical stunts that have become legend (yes, he did ride a horse inside the synagogue). His two auto biographical musical revues, Songs the Rabbi Shouldn’t Sing and On Sunday the Rabbi Sang Sondheim (both directed by Emmy Award winning TCU Professor Richard J. Allen) played sold out performances in Dallas and Fort Worth. During the summer, Rabbi Roffman serves as musical director of Ramah Bamah, a two-week musical theater intensive at Camp Ramah Darom in Georgia.
Rabbi Roffman is from Baltimore, Maryland where he attended Krieger Schechter Day School and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College. He is a very proud dad of two Orioles-loving, Sondheim singing daughters, Hannah and Rebecca.