He grew up in Oak Park and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and pursued additional graduate work in Jewish Folklore at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Rabbi Bergman was part of the educators’ program at the Shalom Hartman Institute and completed a Certificate in Educational Leadership with the Spertus Institute in 2019.

Rabbi Bergman is a past president of the Michigan Board of Rabbis and is active with local rabbis throughout the state in various interfaith initiatives. He has led several trips to Israel with members of our congregation and has also visited Israel with other North American rabbis from Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Modern Orthodox denominations to discuss Israeli-Diaspora relations with Israeli government officials, to help maintain the vision of Israel as a Jewish and fully democratic state, protecting the religious and civil rights of all people.

Rabbi Bergman served as a rabbi at Congregation Beth Ahm and was concurrently the first Rabbi-in-Residence at Hillel Day School. He was the founding Director of Jewish Studies at the Frankel Jewish Academy, where he also taught Talmud, painting, and music production.

Rabbi Bergman and his wife Ruth, the Director of Education at the Zekelman Holocaust Center, are proud parents of Rina and Peter, Shira and Nate, Ariel, and Rikki.

As a Shaliach Tzibbur (prayer leader), Hazzan Gross creates an atmosphere for Adat Shalom’s services that is engaging and participatory, melding traditional and contemporary congregational melodies, glimpses of hazzanut and original melodies. As an educator, Hazzan Gross is very active in the Adat Shalom Beth Achim Learning Community, leading the school in prayer and teaching our students Jewish prayer and music. He oversees the congregational B’nai Mitzvah program and provides adults of all ages educational opportunities throughout the year. Passionate about pastoral care, Hazzan Gross is a regular presence in our congregants’ lives through bikkur cholim visits. He is also instrumental in bringing quality concert programming to Adat Shalom.

Hazzan Gross received a B.A. in music and pre-medical studies from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music, and an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School where he was a member of the prestigious Juilliard Opera Center.

During his career as an opera singer, Hazzan Gross was in high demand for his powerful lyric baritone voice. He performed nationwide with premier orchestras, chamber music organizations, and opera companies. Hazzan Gross is an avid recitalist and has concertized in numerous settings throughout the country. Hazzan Gross is an accomplished composer and has written numerous prayer, song and choral settings. His cantata, I Believe – A Shoah Requiem, had its world premiere at Detroit’s acclaimed Orchestra Hall in April 2013. I Believe is unique in that it is the first complete musical liturgy dedicated to Yom HaShoah.

Hazzan Gross is a passionate proponent of interfaith programming and is involved in numerous interfaith initiatives throughout the Detroit area, serving on the Executive Committee of the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity. He is active in the Michigan Board of Cantors and serves on the Executive Council of the Cantors Assembly.

She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2008 with a BA in English, French, and Women’s Studies and received her M.A. in experiential Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2015. She is a certified shochetet (kosher slaughterer); served as Rabbinic Intern at Congregation Sons of Israel in Nyack, NY; trained as CPE (Spiritual Care) Intern at the University of Michigan Hospital; and from 2017-2021 served as Student Rabbi at Beth El Synagogue in Woodbury, CT. Her spouse and best friend Phreddy teaches at Hillel Day School, and they are proud parents of Honi and Erev Willow.

The author of numerous articles and book reviews, Rabbi Yoskowitz has served on the editorial board of Conservative Judaism Magazine and in the National UJA Rabbinic Cabinet. He and his wife, Rachel, are the parents of Marc and Mimi, Jeremy and Lisa, and Lisa and Michael, and are the proud grandparents of Caleb, Jordyn, Noa, Benjamin, David, Jonah and Maddie.