Stephen Wylen

Stephen Wylen lives in Wayne, NJ. He is the rabbi of Congregation Knesseth Israel in Bound Brook. He has served congregations in Seattle WA, Huntington WV, Scranton PA, Wayne NJ, and as an interim in Jackson MS, Glastonbury CT, and Wyckoff NJ. He was born and raised in Philadelphia. He earned his BA at the University of Pennsylvania and rabbinic ordination at Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem and New York. He is married to Cheryl and is blessed with children and grandchildren. His books include...See more

Stephen Wylen lives in Wayne, NJ. He is the rabbi of Congregation Knesseth Israel in Bound Brook. He has served congregations in Seattle WA, Huntington WV, Scranton PA, Wayne NJ, and as an interim in Jackson MS, Glastonbury CT, and Wyckoff NJ. He was born and raised in Philadelphia. He earned his BA at the University of Pennsylvania and rabbinic ordination at Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem and New York. He is married to Cheryl and is blessed with children and grandchildren. His books include Settings of Silver: an introduction to Judaism, The Jews in the Time of Jesus, and The Seventy Faces of Torah. He also wrote The Book of the Jewish Year, an elementary textbook on Jewish holidays. Rabbi Wylen enjoys Torah study, golf, bicycling, the Jersey shore, Israel, and family time. See less