born in
Manhattan, New York , to Jewish parents who had escaped
Austria
during the Holocaust. Living in a primarily Jewish town (Great Neck,
Long Island ), he had never been aware of anyone who believed that
Yeshua is the Messiah, nor had anyone share their faith with him. But at age 18, Steve went to see the movie
The Greatest Story Ever Told, and his life was changed forever. Shortly thereafter, he dedicated his
life to serving the Lord.
Rabbi Steve spent his college years in
Baltimore ,
MD where he received a Bachelors Degree in Music Education
from Peabody Conservatory of Music. Later he received a Masters Degree
in Education from
Johns
Hopkins University
while teaching at an inner-city high school for four years. Also during
this time, he was a cantor at various conservative synagogues, sang at
several churches, and attended Beit HaMashiach, a Messianic Synagogue.
In 1979, after a career in sales and business, Steve moved his family to
Philadelphia , PA , where he became the principal of
Chalutzim Academy - a private K12 school of
Congregation Beth Yeshua.
Here he also served as the chief administrator, taught various courses
including "Fundamentals of Biblical Judaism", led a children's chorus
group called
Growing Faith, produced
two Messianic children's albums, helped produce two musicals, led the
youth program, and led an adult singing troupe called "Shivat Tzion"
(Return of Zion) which produced two albums.
Steve was ordained as a Messianic Rabbi by the leadership of
Congregation Beth Yeshua. which is under the
Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA) and the
International Association of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues (IAMCS). In April 1999, he moved his family to Tampa, FL to become the rabbi of
Shoresh David Messianic Synagogue. He
has always had a burden for youth, strengthening families, having unity
in the Body of Believers, and to see his fellow Jewish people accept
Yeshua as their Messiah. Rabbi Steve also
serves on the boards of: The Messianic Family Bible Project,
The Tampa Bay Committee To Bless
Israel , Ner Tamid, and
BayshoreChristian
School and others. He also served on the Executive Committee of the
Messianic Jewish Alliance of
America
(MJAA).
Rabbi
Steve is blessed with a wonderful wife, Pat, who leads praise and
worship, and is the leader of the Shoresh David sisterhood. They have
two daughters together -
Rebecca, who lived in Israel and worked for God TV, and now lives in Tampa with her husband and daughter. Sarah, who graduated from
Southeastern
University in 2009 and Sandford Brown in 2011 with a
degree in Sonography is the manager of a pregnancy center in Tampa where
she lives with her husband and soon-to-be son.
You'll also enjoy the music of Jonathan Settel, Sue Samuel, Greg Silverman, Marty Goetz, Rivka Whitten, John Waller and the Schleps.
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