Congregation Shearith Israel
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      • Shabbat Musical Experiences
      • Small-Waldman-Cohen Signature Series
      • Hazzan Zhrebker Music
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      • Service From the Heart Album
    • The Ladder Project
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    • Adult Learning >
      • Class Calendar
      • Tuesdays with Torah and Rashi
      • Torah on Tap
      • Women's Torah Study
      • Introduction to Judaism
      • Thursdays with the Rabbis
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      • Marsha Lev
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Rabbi Ari Sunshine joined Congregation Shearith Israel in July 2017 as Senior Rabbi, bringing with him his passion for community building, outreach and engagement, for teaching Torah in many different settings, and his love for Israel. Previously, Rabbi Sunshine served as Rabbi of B’nai Shalom of Olney, Maryland from November 2006 to June 2017. From 2013 to 2016 he participated in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic Leadership Initiative and graduated as a Senior Rabbinic Fellow. During his tenure in Maryland, Rabbi Sunshine also served as the President of the Greater Olney Interfaith Ministerium and as the President of the Washington-Baltimore Region of the Rabbinical Assembly. From 2021-2023 Rabbi Sunshine served as the President of the Rabbinic Association of Greater Dallas and on the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, and he currently serves on the advisory board of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
 
After graduating Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. from Brandeis University, Rabbi Sunshine served three years at Temple Israel in Sharon, Massachusetts as Youth Director, Ritual Director, and Senior USY Advisor. In 1997 he decided to attend the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. While attending the Seminary, he also served as a Rabbinic Intern for Beth El Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland, and for The American University in Washington, D.C.
 
Rabbi Sunshine has extensive experience working at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, and leading USY Israel Pilgrimage and USY on Wheels groups. He received his M.A. and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in the spring of 2002. From July 2002 until November of 2006, Rabbi Sunshine served as the Associate Rabbi of Temple Israel in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 
Rabbi Sunshine and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Jonah and Elana. He is a Star Wars, Marvel, and LEGO enthusiast, and a passionate Baltimore Orioles fan (Let’s go O’s!) who also roots for a host of other perennially underachieving Washington D.C. area college and professional sports teams.
 
P.S.  -  ask him about his trip to see the Washington Capitals clinch the Stanley Cup in Las Vegas in 2018!


  • About
    • Mission, Vision, Core Values
    • Contact Us
    • Our Congregation and History
    • Places >
      • Shul Locations
      • David A. Segal z"l Family Simcha Play Center
      • Shearith Israel Cemeteries
      • Family Room
    • People >
      • Klei Kodesh
      • Staff
      • Lay Leadership
    • SHEARITH.LIVE
    • Communications >
      • Shearith People
      • The Shofar
      • Our Video Page
      • Shearith Social Media
      • Sign up for our emails!
  • Calendar
  • Connect
    • Study Guides >
      • Shabbat Morning Torah Study Guides
    • Holidays
    • Shearith at 140
    • Volunteer
    • Get in Touch
    • Groups >
      • 20s and 30s
      • College Connection
      • Pillars: Hazak Community
      • Shearith Prime
      • Social Action
    • Youth & Family Department >
      • Youth & Family Department Program and Event Descriptions
    • Music at Shearith >
      • Shabbat Musical Experiences
      • Small-Waldman-Cohen Signature Series
      • Hazzan Zhrebker Music
      • Our Shearith Choirs
      • Service From the Heart Album
    • The Ladder Project
    • SISterhood >
      • Programs and Events
      • High Holy Day Booklet
      • The Gallery
      • SISterhood Board Forms
  • Pray
    • Shabbat and Minyan Times
    • Alternative Prayer Experiences
    • Shabbat Musical Experiences
    • Lifecycle >
      • Birth
      • B'nei Mitzvah >
        • Adult B'nei Mitzvah
      • Conversion
      • Wedding
      • End of Life >
        • End of Life Info
        • Shearith Israel Cemeteries
      • Passings/Yahrzeits
    • Misheberach (Healing)
    • Torah >
      • Torah and Haftarah Readings
      • Holiday Torah and Haftarah Readings
  • Learn
    • The Weitzman Family Religious School >
      • WFRS Registration
      • WFRS Curriculum
      • Kesher (Special Needs) Program
    • B'nei Mitzvah
    • Adult Learning >
      • Class Calendar
      • Tuesdays with Torah and Rashi
      • Torah on Tap
      • Women's Torah Study
      • Introduction to Judaism
      • Thursdays with the Rabbis
  • Membership
    • Welcome
    • Types of Membership
    • Online Application
    • Membership Portal
    • Directory
  • GIVE
    • Opportunities
    • Playground Paver Project
    • Donate
  • Foundation
    • Mission and Board
    • Gifting Opportunities
    • Testimonials >
      • Marsha Lev
  • Donate