A graduate of Columbia University and the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Richard Hammerman holds the degree of Bachelor of Hebrew Literature, Master of Hebrew Literature, Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He holds a bachelors degree in History from Columbia University and is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly. He served as Rabbi at Congregation B'nai Israel,Toms River, NJ from 1975 - 2006. He is Rabbi Emeritus there and is currently a member of Agudath Israel, Caldwell, NJ where he teaches Adult Education classes in Bible and Liturgy.
Rabbi Richard and Sharon Hammerman maintain a home in Jerusalem and visit Israel often. They enjoy traveling to places of Jewish interest throughout the world. Most recently, they, along with their children and grandchildren, visited the communities in Germany where Sharon’s grandparents came from and where they were sent to their deaths during the Holocaust.
