Congregation Beth-El

Serving Southeast Nassau and Southwest Suffolk Counties

Hazzan Jeffrey Myers

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Jeffrey Myers has served Congregation Beth-El  since 1991 as its Hazzan and Educational Director. 

He received a BA from Rutgers, an MA in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and studied privately with Cantor Zvi Aroni before graduating from the Cantorial School of The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1984. 

        Hazzan Myers organized the June 1998 gathering of nearly 1,000 children from the tri-state area to celebrate Israel’s 50^th Anniversary in New York's Central Park under the auspices of the "50^th Anniversary Gathering of the Cantors Assembly".   

        He is the current chair of the NY Region of the Cantors Assembly and sits on its Executive Council as Membership Chair.  He also serves on the National Education Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and is an active participant in CAJE and the Conservative Principals Council of Long Island.  Jeff is a past-president of the Interfaith Clergy Council of Greater Massapequa, and created the award-winning interfaith Evening of Harmony that commemorates the Holocaust.  He is married to Janice, and they are past recipients of the Ben Gurion Award from Israel Bonds, and were honored with a Journal Dinner Dance by the Congregation in celebration of ten years with Congregation Beth-El.  They have two children - Rachel and Aaron.