Congregation Beth Emeth Rabbi Retiring June 30

Members of Congregation Beth Emeth in Herndon are saying goodbye this month to Rabbi Steven Glazer, who is retiring on June 30.

Glazer has led Congregation Beth Emeth in Herndon, VA for 18 years and a has been a pulpit rabbi for 43 years. 

Glazer has also also served the Greater Washington community teaching Jewish ethics as a faculty member of George Washington University, George Mason University, Baltimore Hebrew University, and with the Smithsonian Institution's Resident Associates Program.  

He has also served as a professor outside the region at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Harvard's Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in England.   

A weekend-long celebration in Rabbi Steve and his wife Andrea Glazer's honor was held  June 14-16  at the synagogue. 

Glazer said he plans a unique counseling practice based on his years of experience of working with families. Specifically, he intends to counsel families coping with the complex issues that relate to caring for an aging family member and provide support through a Jewish perspective.

Glazer will be replaced by Michelle Goldsmith, who begins her tenure on July 1.  Goldsmith has been the rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Birmingham, AL since 2009.