Rabbi Singer has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Brith Sholom in Bethlehem, PA, since 2014, where his talents, skills, and insights continue to successfully build a warm, innovative, and dynamic congregation.
In addition to his pulpit work, Rabbi Singer is engaged in community leadership both locally and nationally. In 2017, he founded the Bethlehem Interfaith Group (B.I.G.), which now engages over 25 houses of worship in Bethlehem. Rabbi Singer sat on the Bethlehem Community Advisory Council with the N.A.A.C.P., Mayor, and city council, which addressed racial, educational, economic, and other social justice issues in the City of Bethlehem. In May 2020, Rabbi Singer was honored by the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley with the Mortimer J. Schiff Award for Prejudice Reduction.
Rabbi Singer was also on the founding board of the Monocacy Farm Project and has served on the boards of the Jewish Day School and Jewish Community Center. He currently serves on the boards of Jewish Family Service and the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, and he is Chair of the Jewish Clergy Group.
From 2019 to 2026, Rabbi Singer led the Social Justice Commission of Conservative/Masorti Judaism (SJC) as Chair. The SJC served as the voice of the international Conservative Movement on issues of social justice, including human rights, strengthening & protecting democracy, racial justice, reproductive rights, environment & sustainability, LGBTQ+ rights, and food justice. Rabbi Singer oversaw the creation of the new Tzedek Center, which combines both social justice and public policy for the Conservative/Masorti Movement.
Rabbi Singer is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he earned his B.A. in Psychology and Hebraic Studies. He then completed his Master’s and ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, with a double concentration in Pastoral Counseling and Talmud & Rabbinics. Together with his wife Alexis, daughter Miriam, and son Mordechai, Rabbi Singer is proud to call Bethlehem, PA, home.
Allen Juda was the rabbi of Congregation Brith Sholom for 39 years (1975-2014). He was named rabbi emeritus in June 2014.
A native of Fall River, Massachusetts, Rabbi Juda earned a B.A. in history from Columbia University and a B.H.L. (Bachelor of Hebrew Literature) from the Jewish Theological Seminary before entering rabbinical school. He earned an M.A. in rabbinics in 1973 and was ordained in 1975 by the Jewish Theological Seminary.
After arriving in Bethlehem, Rabbi Juda was active in a wide variety of Jewish and general community activities. For 19 years, from 1986 – 2005, he was a regular contributor to the Spiritual Journeys religion column, first in the Bethlehem Globe Times and then in the Easton Express –Times. In June 2010, Rabbi Juda became one of the regular religion columnists for The Allentown Morning Call. Rabbi Juda was involved in the founding of the Pastoral Care Department at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1976. He served for decades on the Professional Consultation Committees of the St. Luke’s University Hospital Network as well as the Lehigh Valley Hospital Network. Rabbi Juda was the Jewish chaplain at Allentown State Hospital for over 30 years, until the facility closed in 2010.
Rabbi Juda was a member of the Day of Dialogue committee of the Institute for Jewish–Christian Understanding from 1996 and served as its chair for several years.
In the Jewish community, Rabbi Juda was involved in organizing the Bethlehem United Jewish Appeal campaigns. Following the creation of the Lehigh Valley Jewish Federation, he served in various capacities and has been the main solicitor for clergy pledges for over a decade. Rabbi Juda served for many years as the co-chair of the Beth Tikvah Nursing Home Committee and on the Education Committee of the Jewish Day School. Rabbi Juda was the fundraising co-chair for the community mikvah that opened in 2006. He was twice the president of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region of the Rabbinical Assembly and the co-chair of the 2000 International Convention.
In 1995, Behrman House published Rabbi Juda’s Leaders Guide to “It’s A Mitzvah!”
In retirement, Rabbi Juda served on the board of the Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley for nine years, five of them as president. Currently, he is the president of a nonprofit, Friends of the Jewish Cemeteries, in Fall River, Massachusetts. It raises funds for the long-term maintenance of two small Jewish cemeteries where many family members are buried.
Rabbi Juda is married to the former Toby Keller, and they have three children: Adam, Tamar, and Aaron, who is married to the former Danielle Metson. Danielle and Aaron are the proud parents of Kayla Rose, Asher Eli, and Juliette Ella.
