Rabbi Edward Elkin
Rabbi Edward Elkin is the spiritual leader of the First Narayever Congregation in downtown Toronto. Rabbi Elkin grew up in Long Island, New York and received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1984. He was ordained as a rabbi by Hebrew Union College in 1990. After serving for six years as a rabbi and teacher in Montreal, Rabbi Elkin took up the post of Executive Director of North Carolina Hillel in Chapel Hill before moving with his wife Linda, and daughters Malka and Tali, to Toronto in the year 2000. His book, Putting Worlds into Words: Selected Writings from Twenty-Five Years at the First Narayever Congregation, was published in 2026.
