Last week, members of Teaneck’s Rinat Yisrael and Teaneck Township dignitaries, along with friends, family, congregants and neighbors gathered together, as a section of West Englewood Avenue, between Dickerson Road and Pennington Road, was renamed “Rabbi Yosef Adler Way.” It was a fitting tribute for the man who served as both mara d’atra of Rinat Yisrael for 43 years and rosh yeshiva of Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC) for 32 years.
By all news accounts, it was a harrowing situation for the rabbi and three congregants, as well as the livestream viewers, that thank God did not turn tragic.
On the morning of Sunday, December 12, the mantle was passed from Rabbi Yosef Adler, morah d’asra of Congregation Rinat Yisrael for 42 years, to Rabbi Chaim Strauchler, most recently rav of Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto since 2008. To an in-person audience of over 300 and close to 400 viewing via livestream, a dignified and meaningful installation program ushered in a new era for Rinat Yisrael and the larger community.