About Us
Founding/Senior Rabbi
MARC SCHNEIER
For the past 30 years, Rabbi Marc Schneier has been a leader in helping to improve the relationship of key ethnic groups and faith communities and is responsible for founding and leading one of the most dynamic synagogues in the United States.
In 1989, Rabbi Schneier founded the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding originally to rebuild the historic Black-Jewish alliance in the United States and for nearly the past 15 years, to build Muslim-Jewish relations globally.
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Rabbi ISHAI GOTTLIEB
Rabbi Ishai Gottlieb joins The Hampton Synagogue with a distinguished background in Torah scholarship, Zionist leadership, and global Jewish education. From 2022 to 2025, he served as Associate Rabbi at Congregation Schara Tzedeck in Vancouver, Canada, where he revitalized educational programming and brought an authentic Israeli spirit to community life.
A native of Bnei Brak, where his grandfather of blessed memory, Israel Gottlieb, served as Mayor (1969-1974, 1976-1978), Rabbi Gottlieb studied at Yeshivat Yatir and served as a commander in an elite IDF infantry unit. He continues to serve in the reserves as a Rav Seren (Major), most recently completing 100 days of active duty in October 2023. He holds rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Givat HaMivtar, a Tanach Teaching Certificate from Herzog College, and a dual B.Sc. in Economics & Business Management and Agriculture from Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
His wife, Einat, is an experienced Jewish educator. In Vancouver, she taught at the Vancouver Hebrew Academy and led women’s programming at Schara Tzedeck. She now serves as East Coast Supervisor for Bat Ami, supporting Israeli shlichot in Jewish communities across North America.
The Gottliebs are proud parents of five children and are excited to begin their new chapter of community service on the East End, bringing their passion for Torah, education, and Jewish connection to The Hampton Synagogue.
cantor
NETANEL HERSHTIK
Born in 1978, Netanel’s musical talent soon became apparent through his regular appearances as a child soloist in the Jerusalem Great Synagogue with his father, Naftali Hershtik. At the age of seven, he sang with this father in Australia, and throughout America and Europe. Educated at the Horev Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem and in Yeshivat Midbara Ke’eden, Netanel later served as an IDF combat paramedic.
MAESTRO
IZCHAK HAIMOV
The conductor of The Hampton Synagogue, is a celebrated name in the world of Jewish liturgical music. He holds a B.M. degree in Music from the National Music Academy of Tashkent in 1984 in Conducting.