Beth Moshe Congregation

Rabbi Jory Lang

Rabbi Dr. Jory Lang has served as spiritual leader of Beth Moshe congregation in North Miami since 1989. Previously, he served the Beth El Congregation of North Bay Village. Prior to serving as a pulpit rabbi, he was the Executive Director of the Talmudic University of Florida – the largest Yeshiva in the southeastern United States.

He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Miami, his graduate work at Barry University (M.A. in Jewish Studies) and the Talmudic University (M.A. in Religious Education), and his post graduate studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He has a Doctorate in Pastoral Counseling from Sinai University in Jerusalem. He is presently a Doctoral candidate in Ministry (Pastoral Therapy) at the Florida Center for Theological Studies.

Rabbi Lang is the founder and president of the Chessed Foundation, a well-respected charitable organization which provides pastoral counseling, group therapy, medical assistance, food and funds for those in need. He is also a founding member of MORISHA which is the rabbinic fellowship of the Union for traditional Judaism.

He served as the first Chaplain for the City of North Miami Police Department and was the first Rabbi, in seventy years, to serve two consecutive terms as the President of the Rabbinic Association of South Florida.

Rabbi Lang was named one of the top twenty-five Rabbis who made a significant impact in their community and across North America. This rabbinical award was bestowed upon him by the United Jewish Community (UJC) General Assembly.

Rabbi Lang, who is a 6th degree black belt, won the US Open in 1979. He spends time teaching both adults and children the art of spiritualism and discipline in karate: He is the founder of Seishin-do and is the highest ranked student of Master Larry Pizzi in the martial art of Shuri-goju. He is married to Ida Safirstein Lang who is the Cantorial Soloist at Beth Moshe. They have two sons, Benjamin and Samuel who read Torah on Shabbat, and a daughter Sarah who actively participates in services.