Cantor Rabbi Rob Jury MA, MC-NTCW, BCC, CRADC, LCPC, NCC
Cantor Rabbi Rob Jury received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Political Science, where he wrote his senior paper entitled Clergy as Political Activist. He completed the College Intern Teacher Program of the Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago, the Mandel Foundation’s Teacher Educator Institute, and the Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago Mentor-Teacher Program. Cantor Jury studied Hazzanut with Hazzan Rav Shlomo Shuster, focusing on the Chicago school of Hazzanut of Cantor Todros Greenberg, the Blinder Hazzan. Cantor Jury is a full member of the Cantors Assembly. Rabbi Jury received his rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Seminary for the Deaf in Skokie in 2012. Rabbi Jury’s thesis for rabbinical ordination, Heal Us O’ God and We Shall Be Healed, was completed under the supervision of Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer. Cantor Rabbi Jury received his M.A. from Northwestern University in Counseling in 2017, Masters of Narrative Therapy and Community Work (MC-NTCW) from the University of Melbourne in 2020, and is a PhD student in Counselor Education & Supervision at Northern Illinois University writing his dissertation on Midrash Therapy, an approach to psychotherapy he has developed that integrates narrative practices and rabbinic counseling. Cantor Rabbi Jury is a Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CRADC), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). Cantor Rabbi Jury completed his Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital completing 5 Unites of CPE, his integrative project is entitled Providing Spiritual Care to Patients Undergoing Medical Detoxification in an Acute Care Setting. Cantor Rabbi Jury is a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) with the Association of Professional Chaplains and the National Association of Jewish Chaplains, where he serves on the board.Chaplain Rob spent five years as the Staff Chaplain at the Advocate Addiction Treatment Program before joining the Illinois Professionals Health Program as Chaplain and Pastoral Therapist. For over a decade Rob Jury has served as a Shaliach Tzibur on Shabbat and Chagim for the Council for Jewish Elderly. Cantor Rabbi Jury is the founding spiritual leader of Anshe Tikvah a community outreach synagogue in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, celebrating their 15th year this year. Congregation Anshe Tikvah, in partnership with the Tikvah Center for Jewish Recovery and Healing is working to open the first Jewish licensed recovery home in Illinois. In July 2020, Congregation Anshe Tikvah moved into the Anshe Tikvah building located on the Kleiman Campus for Jewish Hope and Healing in Northbrook, Illinois.Cantor Rabbi Jury’s research interests include kabbalistic healing prayer, Biblical grammar, spiritual assessment in the treatment of substance use disorders, and the application of negative theology in post-modern pastoral counseling.Cantor Rabbi Rob Jury lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife Rachel and their children Max, Anna, Elijah, and TJ.
Judy Jury, Education Director
Judy serves as the Education Director at Anshe Tikvah. Judy’s diverse background allows her to lead our Mitzvah School (K-7th), Midrasha (8th-High School) and Hebrew programs with her unique talents and abilities. Judy has worked in both Reform Movement and Conservative Movement settings, as well as in both formal education and informal education settings. Additionally, Judy has worked directly with interfaith families to educate and connect families to the Jewish community.Judy served as an education director at Chicago area Reform synagogues for decades before creating an online Hebrew School based on individualized learning, learning styles and pacing. The online Hebrew School is used for Hebrew education at Anshe Tikvah and will continue to be an option once Covid ends for students whose learning styles and/or schedules can best be served with an online program that can be accessed at any time and includes one-on-one instruction allowing for each student’s needs to be personally met.Judy was the Assistant Director for several years at the Conservative Movement’s Ramah Day Camp, honing her skills of designing and implementing creative and engaging learning activities and programming. Borrowing the fun of camp and infusing it into a school setting helps make Mitzvah School the uniquely engaging program that it is.Judy also worked for several years as the Director of Special Projects for Interfaith Family Chicago where she created and implemented interfaith sensitivity trainings for synagogues and camps. She is a Vice-President on the Board of Directors for the Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago and a past President of the Board.Including Rabbi Jury and his family, Judy is mom to 3 and grandmother to 8(!!). She spends her free time spoiling her grandchildren.
Rosalyn Wolfe, Executive Director
Rosalyn Wolfe comes to us with over 30 years of experience in Jewish Education and Congregational Administration.Ros attended the University of Illinois and received an Associate Degree (ASCP) in Medical Technology. Ros has various experiences in congregations throughout the community in teaching students with special needs, Hebrew, Jewish Studies, Adult Education, Confirmation, and Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutoring. She resides in Northbrook and has three children and two delightful grandchildren.