Rabbi Jeremy Master was born and raised on Long Island. He graduated with a BA in Religion and the College of Social Sciences from Weslyan University in Middletown, CT.

After college, he attended the Hebrew Union College and was ordained in 2004. After being ordained, he worked for two years as assistant rabbi at Temple B'nai Shalom in East Brunswick, NJ and he served as Hillel director at Swarthmore College.

Before coming to Temple of Israel, Rabbi Master served as assistant rabbi at Congregation Beth Chaim in Princeton, NJ.

While in his first year in Rabbinical School in Jerusalem, Rabbi Master met his wife, Rabbi Alana Wasserman. They are the proud parents of Peri Rose.

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Kym Klapperich has been working in the field of education as both an instructor and curriculum coordinator for nearly 20 years.  She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and attended The School For International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont where she received a Master of Arts in Teaching, specializing in foreign language instruction.  She is also a South Carolina Certified Teacher. 

Kym comes from a strong background in Reformed Judaism.  She attended, studied Hebrew, and was a Bat Mitzvah as a member of a Reform congregation in the Chicago suburbs.  She spent a summer in Israel during high school as a participant in a NFTY program.  She also attended OSRUI, a Reform Jewish Camp, as a camper for 4 summers.  Then, after graduating from college, Kym spent a year living, working, and studying Hebrew in Israel through the volunteer program OTZMA.  She ended her year in Israel by leading 30 American college students on a 6 week tour through Israel.

Kym has been living in the Greenville area since 1997 with her husband, Mark, and her two children, Jasmine and Alex.  She loves world travel, working with horses, and spending time in the mountains and at the beach with her family.  She also stays busy at home with the family's two dogs, cat, and pet Corn Snake.

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Candi Porter-Wilson is the ECEC Director. Candi has extensive Early Childhood Education knowledge and over 20 years of experience in teaching, preschool administration and training.  She has a proven track record of commitment to the quality of care for children and we are thrilled to have her as part of the ECEC and Temple staff.  Candi lives in Liberty with her husband, Leaf, and they have fraternal twin daughters, Maya and Emma, who are 21 years old.  She also loves horses, reading and going to the ocean. Please stop by the ECEC office and meet Candi!

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Tina Speakman has been the Temple Secretary since October 2006. After many years as an Executive Secretary, the desire to be home with her children, Jerreme and Amanda, when they arrived home from school took her into the part-time world as a church secretary (now Temple Secretary). Tina has also been a church pianist for 35 years, and ran a small cleaning business for over 10 years. Her husband, Dan, owns an exterior coating business and Tina handles all aspects of running a small business for him.

She treasures the time that she spends with her children and 5 grandchildren who all live here in Greenville. Other treasures are her 3 Papillons - Zoey, Cadillac, and Itty, playing piano, See's Chocolate Candy, cashew nuts, and Eddy's Fruit Bars.

A motto in her life is a quote by Mother Teresa; "Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."

Temple office hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-1:30pm
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Ed Herren joined the Temple staff in July 2011. Ed graduated from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia with an AB in Economics. After serving two years as an U.S. Army officer, he has spent his entire career in the field of finance and accounting. He recently retired as the Office Administrator of Gallivan, White & Boyd P.A., a regional law firm, where he was employed for over 23 years.
Ed’s wife Terri has her own consulting business which specializes in Human Resources issues. They enjoy each other, Ed’s daughter and two granddaughters and their two cats.

Ed's office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 8:00am-12:30pm
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Lloyd Culbertson was born in Sumter, SC. A graduate of USC, Lloyd and his wife, Susan, have 2 daughters, Kacy and Leslie. Lloyd has been a part of our Temple staff for 16 years!

Phone: 864.991.9254

 
Margaret Reynolds Hawkins is a Greenville SC native. She has served in churches of all traditions as organist and minister of music, administering full choir programs of all ages. She has recently retired as an independent teacher of piano, organ and voice, and has served as an accompanist in school and university settings.

She was educated at North Greenville University, Furman University, and Erskine Theological Seminary. She is organist and solist for the First Church of Christ Scientist, is an adjudicator for music scholarships, and is past Dean of the Greenville Chapter of The American Guild of Organists. She freelances as organist and vocal soloist for weddings and funerals.

She and husband Harold are parents of two adult sons.