Meet Rabbi Littman

Rabbi Lewis C. Littman

     Rabbi Lewis C. Littman is a native of Trenton, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1962, and was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1967. Rabbi Littman holds a Master of Arts degree from HUC-JIR, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity by the College-Institute in 1992, in recognition of twenty-five years of service in the rabbinate.

Following ordination Rabbi Littman served congregations in Denver, Colorado, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Rockville Centre, New York. From 1982-1986 he was Director of the Southeast Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, based in Miami. Since 1986 he has been Rabbi of the Temple Bat Yam in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which he helped to found in 1985.

Rabbi Littman has been actively involved in the activities of the Jewish and general communities throughout his career. In 1976 he was named "Humanitarian of the Year" by the Human Relations Commission in Erie, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Littman has held numerous organizational positions. He was a member of the original Parents Advisory Board of the New World School of the Arts in Miami. He is Past President of the Broward Board of Rabbis, and has served as Chairman of the Clergy Dialogue Group of the National Conference on Community and Justice, on the Regional Boards of Directors of the NCCJ, Seafarer's House, the Anti-Defamation League, the Central Agency for Jewish Education and the Jewish Federation.  Rabbi Littman is currently a member of  the Community Relations Council of Imperial Point Hospital, and serves on the Board of the "Missions of Mercy" at Holy Cross Hospital. He is a 2002 recipient of the "Silver Medallion Award" for community service, presented by the National Conference for Community and Justice.

Rabbi Littman has pursued an active interest in music and theater, appearing in leading roles in productions of "Fiddler on the Roof," and "Man of LaMancha." His lecture concerts on "Jewish Life in Music," and "A Musical Tale of Two Cultures," have been performed throughout the United States. Several of his creative worship services have been published nationally.

Rabbi Littman and his wife, Dr. Marlyn Kemper Littman, a professor at Nova Southeastern University, are the parents of six children and four grandchildren.