Biography: Rabbi Dr. Boaz Tomsky
Rabbi Boaz Tomsky was born
and raised in a rural community in New London, Connecticut. He
earned his high school diploma at Ner Israel in Baltimore,
Maryland. From there, Rabbi Tomsky went to the Talmudic
University of Florida and learned under the direction of Rabbi
Yochanan Zweig for nine years. During this time, Rabbi Tomsky
was an active member of the Miami Beach Chevra Kadisha. He
attended Barry University where he received a Masters of
Business Administration with a concentration of Finance. He
received his Semicha from the Yeshiva in 1998 and subsequently
accepted his first position as rabbi at Congregation Beth
Abraham in Bangor, Maine. While in Maine, Rabbi Tomsky was a
professor at Husson and Beal College, teaching a range of
subject matter including Accounting, Finance, Marketing,
Business Mathematics and American Sign Language.
Rabbi Tomsky then moved south where he accepted many
responsibilities throughout New England. He was the rabbi at
Congregation Ohawe Sholam in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In
addition, he was a professor at the University of New Haven and
was the student activities coordinator and middle school Judaic
studies instructor at Bi-Cultural Day School.
In 2005, Rabbi Tomsky became the rabbi of our synagogue,
Congregation Ohab Zedek in Belle Harbor, New York. During this
time he conducted and presented enlightening shiurim throughout the week that are
still displayed on our shul website, ohabzedek.net, and took an active part in organizing numerous
community wide programs. In addition, Rabbi Tomsky is also
currently the acting principal at our local day school, the
Yeshiva of Belle Harbor and is an adjunct professor at Touro
College in the school of Business. In 2007, Rabbi Tomsky became Rabbi Dr.
Boaz Tomsky, earning a doctorate in educational leadership from
the University of Hartford. His dissertation is entitled:
Administrators’ Perceptions of Curriculum Integration within
Jewish community day schools. To read Rabbi Tomsky's
dissertation in its entirety,
Click here
Rabbi Tomsky is a member of the Rabbinical Council of America
and associate rabbi for the National Council of Young Israel
where he publishes numerous articles for their weekly Torah mailing.
Rabbi Tomsky is blessed with four children: Malka, Shira, Sara and Avi.
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