Rabbi Ron Isaacs is currently the rabbi of Beth Judah Temple in Wildwood New Jersey. He is also the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Sholom in Bridgewater New Jersey, a congregation which he served for forty years. In recent years he has used his guitar skills to offer therapeutic music to people in hospice. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Rabbi Ron received his doctorate in education from Columbia University Teacher's College.
A prolific author, his many books include the well-known Every Person's Guide series and The How to Handbook of Jewish Living, which he coauthored with Rabbi Kerry Olitzky.
Known as the teaching rabbi, Rabbi Ron has taught in the Graduate Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Drew University, and has lectured throughout the United States in various synagogues and Jewish Community Centers. He also has chaired the Rabbinical Assembly's Publications Committee. For more than a decade, he and his wife, Dr. Leora Isaacs, have designed and coordinated the adult learning experience called Shabbat Plus as well as Family Camp at Camp Ramah in the Poconos.