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Rabbi Howard Diamond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 1, 1955. He attended Public School, and Hebrew School at Temple Shalom of Philadelphia. His high school years were spent at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, and beginning in 1969 at the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore. he graduated with honors in 1972 and went on to Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore. At the same time, he attended Johns Hopkins University in that city. in addition, he studied at University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.
In 1992, he graduated from State University at Stony Brook, Long Island with a degree
in comparative studies, encompassing philosophy, biology and religious studies. he
received his Rabbinic Ordination from the Orthodox Bet Din of Israel, and Yeshiva
Tiferes Yisroel in 1993. During his years as a student, he met and married Francine
Marks; they currently reside in Woodmere, New York, have been married for 28 years
and have seven children (six girls and one boy) ranging in age from 27 -
Rabbi Diamond has had many professional affiliations and has served various temples
in Philadelphia and Long island in different capacities. He has been an adult education
instructor, Hebrew School teacher, and has personally tutored scores of students
through their Bar and Bat Mitzvah. he has served as the Educational Director of Temple
Beth El (North Bellmore), Rabbi of Tiffereth Israel Synagogue (Greenport), Chaplain
for the Fire Department (Village of Lynbrook) and Principal of Central Hebrew High
School (Oceanside).
He has been the Rabbi of Congregation Beth David of Lynbrook since 1998, where he
has spearheaded the exciting revitalization and rapid growth in membership of the
82 year-
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