Rabbi Eytan Hammerman

Rabbi Hammerman is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City where he held the prestigious “Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Rabbinic Leadership”.  He also holds a Masters Degree from JTS in Jewish Studies with a concentration in Jewish History.  A native of Toms River, NJ and a graduate of the Solomon Schechter Day School, Rabbi Hammerman was an active USY and Ramah participant and Youth Leader.  He is a graduate of Columbia University (’99) with a degree in Political Science and holds a B.A with “Honors and Distinction” from List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary.  He has been a visiting student at Union Theological Seminary, New York, and the Hebrew University and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Israel. 


 While studying at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Hammerman developed religious and educational programs in various, diverse communities.  For two years he served as Rabbinic Intern at the prestigious Temple Israel Center in White Plains, NY.  He was also Student Rabbi of Kehillat Shalom in Skokie, IL.  Rabbi Hammerman directed the Office of Student Placement at the Jewish Theological Seminary for four years and has taught and brought religious leadership to small and large congregations in Baltimore, MD, White Plains, NY and northern New Jersey.     

Before beginning his professional studies for the Rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Eytan Hammerman served as Director of the Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute in Washington D.C., an innovate community service and tzedakah (charity) organization for teenagers. 

With his wife Rebecca, Rabbi Hammerman founded a Masorti (Conservative) synagogue in Madrid, Spain – Congregacion Bet El - and continues to serve on the Board of the international Masorti Movement.  A “young leader” of the Conservative Movement, Rabbi Hammerman has been appointed to numerous committees and delegations representing Conservative Jewry in North America, Israel and overseas.  He is the extremely proud father of three girls, Ary, Rena and Ilana.