1. GLENN M JACOB  516-382-6683  gmjacob003@gmail.com  glennjacob.co
Profile Director, Organizer, Fundraiser, Rabbi, Community Educator and Social Justice
Advocate with over 20 years’ experience working in the Jewish and Interfaith
communities. Strategic Planning, Board Management, and Executive experience.
Extensive experience in donor development, cultivation and stewardship. Teacher and
professor.
Education Hebrew Union College, MAHL, D.D., Ordination
Washington University in St. Louis, B.A. Philosophy
Certifications
Fundraising, NYU, 2014-2015
Strategic Planning, 2002
Family Education, 2001
Experience
Executive Director New York Interfaith Power & Light, 2015-present
 Budget, Administration, Lobbying, Organizing
 Fundraising: major gifts, grant writing, stewardship
 Coalition building
Interfaith Chaplain Adelphi University, 2015 – present
 Organize Jewish Union
 Ongoing weekly Interfaith spiritual dialogue
 Symposia on current issues: racism, peace, social justice, economic
justice
 Counseling, university committees, substitute lecturer
Congregational Rabbi, Temple Am Echad, Lynbrook, NY, 2009 – 2015,
Merger expertise – Brought on board to expedite and seal merger of one small aging
congregation with a medium shrinking congregation.
 Education and programing – Complete revamping of programming models with a
“family education” model (i.e. synagogue is primary educator, not household).
 Strategic planning – Developing proactive strategies in a declining demographic
such as new experiential curricula, cooperation with other agencies and
congregations, and internal efficiencies.
 Fundraising – Shifting from religious model to best-practice non-profit models.
 Board management – Promoting reconnection between board and congregation and
emphasizing board responsibilities and philanthropy.
Congregational Rabbi, Temple Shalom, Levittown, PA 1998 – 2009
 Strategic planning – Brought on board to resurrect congregation after failed merger.
 Education, Program, and Board Management – Implemented a “family education
gestalt” for every aspect of the congregation. Reduced board conflict, reduced length
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of board meetings, increased volunteerism, introduced multiple agenda events (i.e.
social, religious, educational, leadership building)
 Chaired Jewish Federation “Kehillah Initiative” bringing 15 synagogues and
numerous agencies together to create new programming and develop/sustain
household participation in core institutions. Created first 6-congregation Israel Trip
in the area followed up with High School age Israel programs and teaching
certification programs at Gratz College and the Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish
Education.
 Fundraising – Increased donor base instituting yearly gala (Gift Auction) with $9000
base net to $25,000 net. Acquired new major donors at +$25,000 gifts.
Congregational Rabbi, Beth Shalom, Baton Rouge, LA 1996 – 1998
 Created a safe haven for Jews and other non-Christians (mostly from Louisiana
State University) in a racially and religiously charged atmosphere. Also conducted
Black/Jewish relations.
 Convened the congregations of Louisiana and Mississippi to create education
initiatives specific to the needs of the Dixie region.
Adjunct
Rabbinic Mentor, Hebrew Union College, 2004-2007
Professor, adjunct, Auburn University at Montgomery, 1995-1996 “World
Religions”
Professor, adjunct, University of Pittsburgh, 1989-1991, “History of the
Holocaust.”
Published Bucks County Courier Times, columnist, 2003-2009
Gen X and Millennials Affiliation report, JFGP 2004 (Jewish Federation Phili)
Presentations
TEDx Talk: “God in the Public Square”, Adelphi University, 2016
National Conferences, (Union for Reform Judaism, Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish
Education, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia) +20 years
Community Founder, South Shore Kallah (Study) – Lynbrook, NY
Member, Interfaith Nutrition Network
Member, GLBT Alliance of Long Island
Rabbinic Co-Chair Bucks Region Kehillah, Jewish Federation of Greater
Philadelphia – Levittown, PA
Member, American Reform Zionist Organization, +20 years
Founding Chair, Interfaith Gathering of Lower Bucks County, PA
Member, Statesman Nursing Home Ethics Committee
Founder, Religious School Principal's Council of Bucks County
Founder, Mini–CAJE South, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, East Texas
Chair Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education – Baton Rouge, LA
Member, Baton Rouge Ministerium
Board Member, Planned Parenthood of Alabama – Montgomery, AL
Member and Volunteer, Southern Poverty Law Center