By Special to the Town Crier

Rabbi Josh Zweiback, a member of Congregation Beth Am’s professional team for the past three and one-half years, has been promoted to the newly-created post of Senior Educator, effective Jan. 1.

As Beth Am’s Adult Learning Coordinator, the 32-year-old Nebraska native was the first full-time, adult learning specialist in a Reform synagogue in the United States.

In his new role, Zweiback will oversee all of the synagogue’s youth and adult education programs.

Zweiback graduated magna cum laude in 1991 from Princeton University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. At Princeton, he won the highly prestigious Isadore and Helen Sacks prize for Outstanding Jewish Scholarship. He holds master’s degrees in Hebrew Letters and Jewish Education from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Zweiback was ordained in May, 1998, from the College-Institute’s New York campus.

Zweiback is married to Jacqueline Hantgan, also an educator and a teacher at Beth Am. They have two daughters, Isa Davida and Ariela Hadassa.