About Rabbi Eric
Rabbi Eric Gurvis became Sha’arei Shalom’s spiritual leader in July 2019. He previously served as senior rabbi for Temple Shalom in Newton from 1999-2017 and has served congregations in New York City, Mississippi and New Jersey. Rabbi Eric has long been deeply involved in youth activities and Jewish camps, interfaith and social justice work, as well as Israel programming and education. He is a past-president of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, a past chairperson of the Newton Interfaith Clergy Council, and has served on the board of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston. He is also a member of the faculty for the Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning program, which provides adult learning opportunities in communities throughout the Greater Boston area. Rabbi Eric and his wife Laura reside in Sherborn.
Contact Rabbi Eric at rabbi@shaareishalom.org
Rabbi's Blog
Rabbi Eric’s Farewell Message
To my dear Sha’arei Shalom family, Shalom! I hope that this finds you all well as we inch towards summer. I am still overwhelmed by the gathering and outpouring of kind words almost two weeks ago. (Forgive me for not writing this sooner – I was with my parents in Florida.) We have most surely […]
May 2023
Dear Sha’arei Shalom friends, Shalom! I hope that this finds you well. It has surely been an eventful week in our world! My heart and mind have been very much focused on Israel during this week. As you likely know, this week marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel […]
April 2023
Dear Sha’arei Shalom friends, Spring has sprung, more or less – and in just a few days we will come to our celebration of Pesach – our Festival of Freedom. For some, this may be the first time in several years that the celebration will be held with larger groups of family and friends. I […]
March 2023
Dear Friends, As we welcome the month of March, we surely notice that the daylight hours are once again on the rise as the days lengthen and we anticipate, at least from a calendrical sense, the coming of Spring. Even as I delight at the increasing hours of daylight, I am all-too-keenly aware of the […]
February 2023
Shalom friends, It seems like only yesterday that we began writing 2023, and in the blink of an eye, it’s already February. Time marches forward! Indeed, our Jewish tradition also recognizes this as we will read in a couple of months from Leviticus chapter 23 where we find the calendar of our people in ancient […]