Our Staff

Dan Selsberg, Rabbi 

Rabbi Dan is known for engaging and serious classes, relevant and humorous divrei Torah, and an ability to connect with people across the synagogue community, with children and adults, and from long-time shul-goers to blended families searching for their place in the Jewish community. He works closely with the lay and professional leadership of the synagogue to maximize the positive effect Jewish knowledge and practice can have in the life of the community, inside and outside the walls of the shul building, from preschool age kids to people approaching their hundredth year. 

Rabbi Dan is a past president of the Rabbinical Assembly of Ontario, and the president of the New Jersey Rabbinical Assembly.  He is a co-chair of the advisory committee Somerset County Faith-Based Subcommittee, through the County Office of Youth Services, and does chaplaincy work through the New Jersey Department of Corrections.

Ordained by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California, Rabbi Selsberg is also a graduate of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A Wisconsin native, Rabbi Selsberg is a part-owner of the Green Bay Packers football team, though he is inexplicably never consulted about personnel decisions. 

He is married to Karen, a New Jersey native, who likes to remind him that his ownership stake is so small as to be insignificant. Rabbi Dan and Karen have three sons, Asher, Sammy, and Aitan. Rabbi Dan can be reached at rabbidan@temple-sholom.net You can read some of Rabbi Selsberg’s writings at:

www.rabbiselsberg.blogspot.com, or watch him at https://www.youtube.com/user/MitzvahTube.

Cecelia Beyer, Rabbi 

Rabbi Cecelia Beyer

Rabbi Cece is our musical prayer leader, inspiring us to our highest selves through davening, Torah & Haftarah chanting, and song leading. She uses music in her rabbinate to elevate and engage pray-ers, learners, and seekers of all ages.

Rabbi Cece is a spiritual cheerleader, a singer, dancer, educator, and purveyor of joyful Judaism.  Rabbi Cece is delighted to inspire others to reach their best individual potential, and to elevate communities to their best communal potential, too!

 Rabbi Cece was ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary in May 2010, where she pursued a concentration in sacred music as part of her studies.  Prior to joining the Temple Sholom family in 2019, Rabbi Cece served as the Associate Rabbi, Education Director, and Director of Liturgical Arts at Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael in Springfield, New Jersey for seven years.  She is also the rabbi for Camp Zeke, a Jewish fitness and culinary arts camp in the Poconos, where she has served as Camp Rabbi since the camp’s founding in 2014.  Rabbi Cece also served as the Assistant Rabbi of Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights, New York.  

While in rabbinical school she served first as the Youth Service Director and then as the Cantor at Shomrei Emunah in Montclair, New Jersey and as both a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern and a Social Justice Rabbinical Intern at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City.

A Cherry Hill native, she is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the George Washington University Law School. She is a proud alumna of Young Judaea and has spent significant time living and working in Israel.  She is also life member of Hadassah.

She attended Camp Tel Yehudah as a teen, and has spent many more summers working at Jewish camps, including Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake and Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. Most recently, she joined the "founding family" of a Camp Zeke, a new Jewish camp dedicated to fitness and culinary arts, and to the connection of mind, body, and soul in Judaism.

Rabbi Cece continues to be an active member of the larger Jewish community.  She currently serves on the Social Justice Commission of Conservative/Masorti Judaism, and is a member of the editorial board of the forthcoming updated Conservative Movement Clergy Manual.  She is also a member of the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pastoral Outreach Team, serving as a “rabbi’s rabbi,” making sure the pastoral needs of her clergy colleagues are met.  She has also served as a presenter in the annual Song Leader Boot Camp leadership conference in St. Louis. 

Rabbi Cece is an accomplished singer, actor, and dancer. She is a classically trained soprano, a musical theater buff, and a competitive Irish step dancer.  She loves all things Irish, has been learning Irish language for seven years, and now also competes in Irish sean-nós “old style” singing in both English and Irish.

Rabbi Cece and her husband, Gabe, have three kitties, Minerva, Padfoot, and Moony, and a rescue dog named Sandy.  They are all huge Harry Potter and Star Wars fans.

For more Rabbi Cece content, you can find her at:

RabbiCece.com, on Youtube, and on Soundcloud.  She can be found on all social media as “rabbicece.”  Rabbi Cece can be reached directly at:  rabbicece@temple-sholom.net  

 Ron Isaacs, Rabbi Emeritus 

Rabbi Ron Isaacs has been the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Bridgewater, New Jersey since 1975. He received his doctorate in instructional technology from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. He is the author of more than 120 books. His most recent publications include The Bible: Where Do You Find it and What Does it Say and Raising a Jewish Child: Early Years. Rabbi Isaacs currently serves on the Sim Shalom Family prayer book Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of America. For ten years both he and his wife Leora have designed and coordinated the adult learning summer experience called Shabbat Plus at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. Rabbi Isaacs has previously served on the Faculty of the Graduate Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, teaching a course entitled “Rabbi and Hazzan as Educator.” Contact Rabbi Ron Isaacs at isaacsrl@optonline.net

Rabbi Ron's blog | Rabbi Ron's website

Ilene Cohen, Director of Youth Education and Engagement

Ilene B. Cohen is our Director of Youth Education & Engagement.

Ilene earned an M.A. in Jewish Education from the William Davidson School at the Jewish Theological Seminary as a Bob Berman fellow. Ilene has worked at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue as the Assistant Director of Education in New York City and served as a Community Educator at Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York before joining our community in 2016.

During Ilene’s tenure at Temple Sholom, Ilene has strengthened our education department and community by creating engaging and meaningful experiential programming for community holiday celebrations, developed project-based learning curriculum within Nitzanim, and inspired new and engaging family education programs for our families to grow together. Ilene continually looks for new and innovative ways to educate our youth while emphasizing the importance of social emotional skills within Nitzanim, Hebrew High, and youth groups.

Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, she earned a B.A. from the University of Delaware in Interpersonal Communication. Between undergrad and graduate school, Ilene spent a year volunteering in Israel on Otzma, and tries to get back to Israel as often as possible. Ilene currently lives in West Orange, New Jersey with her husband Eran, and her daughters, Yael and Liat.

Ilene is a member of the Jewish Educators Assembly and a lifetime member of Hadassah. She brings her love, creativity, and passion for Judaism to Temple Sholom, by engaging our youth and families in making Judaism exciting and relevant to their daily lives. 

 You can reach Ilene at Ilenecohen@temple-sholom.net

Melissa reilley-grecco, Director of The Preschool Place and Kindergarten

My name is Melissa Reilley-Grecco and I am passionately committed to the field of early childhood education. While studying at William Paterson University, I had the privilege of working in early education as an infant, toddler and preschool teacher. After graduating, I spent 18 years as a kindergarten teacher, curriculum coordinator and education coach.   In the role of director I will bring my years of experience, knowledge and passion to the children, families and staff so that together we can build a foundation on which to foster a lifelong love of learning. In my free time I enjoy playing softball, hiking, biking, kayaking and relaxing at the beach. My husband and I also spend a great deal of time tending to our chickens, ducks and dogs on our hobby farm in Hunterdon County.  You can reach Melissa at mgrecco@preschoolplace.com.