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Rabbi Perlstein is a native Philadelphian. He grew up in Oxford Circle and graduated from Northeast High School in 1971. After two years at the Joint Program of Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Perlstein graduated from Temple University and later received a Master of Arts in Religion from Temple. In 1982 he was ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. After serving as the synagogue’s student Rabbi, he assumed the position of Rabbi of the congregation. 

In the following years, Rabbi Perlstein took a leadership role in interfaith relations in the North and Southampton Communities. He also exemplified a commitment to Israel as well as to Soviet Jewry, visiting the Soviet Union on two occasions to meet with Refuseniks and to teach. 

In the early nineties Rabbi Perlstein entered a Doctor of Ministry Program in Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Ministry in June 1995. 

In March 2001, the congregation honored the Rabbi at a gala dinner dance celebrating his 25 years of service to the synagogue as well as the 25th anniversary of the congregation. 

Rabbi Perlstein has now been the spiritual leader of Ohev Shalom for over forty years and he will readily tell you that he enjoys his rabbinic work more today than ever. He recently wrote”what makes Ohev Shalom so very special is our community, a warm and caring community which I have grown to love more and more over the years.” Rabbi Perlstein is at home with children in the congregation with whom he loves to interact, his high school Confirmation Class along with adults and seniors. He is readily available usually working with his door open. He is also always available for counseling or discussing some personal and private issue. The Rabbi is happiest on the Bimah, at baby namings, B’nai Mitzvah and weddings. On many occasions, he has now named children whose parents he named in the synagogue some years ago. “That is one of the greatest blessings of my rabbinate” he recently noted.

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