Welcome to my webpage.
On my web page, you can learn about me and my work.
As a bit of background on me, since graduating college, I attended law school in the evenings, earning a J.D. with honors in 2002 from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark in 2002. I also attended rabbinical school at night, receiving smikhah (ordination) in 2004 from the Institute of Traditional Judaism (AKA “The Metivta”), part of the Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ). I have practiced law since 2002 at the Law Offices of Jan Meyer where I focus on insurance subrogation with a particular interest in New York and New Jersey no-fault automobile insurance law (“PIP”). I also served as a pulpit rabbi in Long Beach, New York for six years. Since leaving the regular pulpit rabbinate my rabbinic work has focused on high-holiday pulpits and other “pinch-rabbi-ing” as well as my work as a Vice President of the Union for Traditional Judaism and a member of UTJ’s rabbinical fellowship, Morashah.
You can learn more about me and read my writings, etc., by using the menus at the top of this website.
I am available for part-time rabbinical work such as high-holiday pulpits, per-diem engagements, “guest rabbi/cantor,” vacation replacements, weddings, etc. (as a Kohen, I don’t do funerals) and I am willing to travel.
I offer a pleasant voice and a joyful spirit that I believe enhances tefillah (prayer) and engages a community. Serving a community’s religious needs is a deeply meaningful gift, and I cherish any opportunity I get to do so. I am happy to do so in a rabbinic, cantorial, or hybrid capacity. I am also happy to participate in alternative services such as teen minyanim and “learner’s” services.
I am also happy to take on legal clients in New York and New Jersey through my office, Law Offices of Jan Meyer.