Rabbi Daniel Fellman
Rabbi Daniel Fellman is a native of Omaha Nebraska. He graduated from Colorado College in 1996 with a B.A. in Political Science. He has also earned a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati and was ordained in June, 2005. While at the seminary, Rabbi Fellman wrote his thesis on An American Friendship: Harry Truman, Eddie Jacobson, and the Establishment of the State of Israel.
Rabbi Fellman has served as Student Rabbi in a number of congregations, including B’nai Israel in Natchez, Mississippi, Temple B’nai Israel in Petoskey, Michigan where he served for three years, United Hebrew Congregation in Joplin, Missouri, and Temple B’nai Moshe in LaSalle Illinois. He has also served at the University of Cincinnati Hillel, and summer rabbinic positions in Nebraska. During the summer of 1993, Rabbi Fellman interned at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Immediately before coming to serve at Temple Concord Rabbi Fellman served as Assistant Rabbi at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick, New Jersey from July 2005-June 2008 at which time he became the Associate Rabbi. He served as lead rabbi-in-residence in the first half of 2008 while the senior rabbi was on sabbatical.
Rabbi Fellman is an experienced and wonderful teacher. Among his various teaching experiences he has served on the faculty at the Yavneh Day School in Cincinnati and numerous religious schools. Rabbi Fellman has also served on the faculty of the URJ Kutz Camp for High School students and the Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Rabbi Fellman is an Eagle Scout, was a Japan-U.S Senate Scholar in 1990, and was the founder of the Colorado College Hillel in 1994. He served on the Academic Affairs Committee at HUC-JIR and on the steering committee of the Catholic-Jewish Educators Dialogue of the American Jewish Committee in Cincinnati. He also served as the editor of the HUC Monthly and as a columnist for The Jewish Press of Omaha, Nebraska. Rabbi Fellman and his wife Melissa are the parents of sons Zachary and Jacob.
Cantor Francine Berg has led the music of our worship services for over 25 years. Syracuse born, she began her passion for music as a vehicle for prayer, teaching music during Sunday school and singing with the professional choir. Soon she broke gender boundaries, bringing her talents to the bima of Temple Concord.
Fran wears many hats in our community. Before her retirement, she taught music for the Syracuse City School District, where she directed the Rainbow Kids, an international children’s choir from over 35 countries. An active community volunteer, she offers her time and talents to many community organizations. Fran regularly participates in memorial services for the Hospice of Central New York and is music director for Hospice’s Camp Healing, a summer camp for children with family loss. She has received numerous awards and honors from the Syracuse community.
On Shabbat, Cantor Berg fills our sanctuary with sounds of worship and healing. Sundays, she teaches our children songs of Jewish celebration. Cantor Berg also works with some of the congregation’s students as they prepare to become bar/bat mitzvah and shares her musical skills with children of every grade in our religious school. She is an integral and beloved part of our Temple Concord family.
Rabbi Ezring was installed as Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Concord on May, 2009 in a service honoring his 20 years of spiritual leadership. 