Shireinu About Us

Rabbi Jeffrey Eisenstat

Rabbi Jeff is the Founding Director of Camp JRF and Noar Hadash. In over 30 years as a rabbi, he has served congregations in Plantation FL, Philadelphia and State College, PA, directed Hillel at Penn State and has also run summer camps, youth programs, family retreats and family trips to Israel. He received his Masters in Education from Temple University and is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Jeff is a recipient of the Ira Eisenstein Lifetime Achievement Award from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. Jeff is married to Rabbi Sarah Messinger and they have three children; Ari, Miriam and Rachel.

Rabbi Sarah received ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1987. Sarah has served congregations from Wilmington DE, Plantation FL and Lock Haven PA. She received her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University in 1997. Sarah’s professional identity is defined by creative programming for families, camps and community programs. Her programs are multi generational, interactive and educational with a focus towards Tikkun Olam (repairing the world). Sarah and Jeff’s children are, by now, comfortable with their mother’s activities and their father’s music both within their home and the community.