OUR RABBI
Rabbi Yeshurun’s Commitment to Our Jewish Identity
Since joining the community in 2011, Rabbi Ariel Yeshurun has been the driving force behind the remarkable transformation of Skylake Synagogue, evolving it from a modest local center into one of South Florida’s most dynamic and fastest-growing institutions. With a profound academic and spiritual foundation—ranging from the Yeshiva of Beer Sheva to the Holon Institute of Technology he has dedicated his leadership to strengthening Jewish identity through education, communal unity, and a vision for expansion that continues to inspire generations.
In the past five years Rabbi Yeshurun’s turned Skylake synagogue from a small shul into a full fledged community becoming not only a first class synagogue with a rapidly growing membership but also into a meeting place for religious, social, educational, cultural, and family events.
inspiring a Jewish life
Biography
Ariel Yeshurun is a graduate of the Shehebar Sephardic Center and the Hebron Yeshiva Rabbinic College in Jerusalem. He completed his studies at Amiel-Strauss Institute for diaspora leadership training for rabbis. Rabbi Yeshurun received his Rabbinic Ordination studies as well as holds a Rabbinic Advocate license from the Israeli Ministry of Justice. Rabbi Yeshurun served in the IDF, has a Bachelors of Science degree, and finished the first two years of medical school. Ariel Yeshurun served as rabbi for 11 years at ‘Shaarei Tsedek’ Jewish Congregation in the Caribbean island of Curaçao.
He is the founder of the JCLC (Jewish Community Learning Center), a Miami based adult Jewish education center. He is the secretary of the board of the Rabbinical Association of the greater Miami Jewish Federation and a member of the National Council of AIPAC. In addition he serves on the board of the Leo Martin March of the Living, and Friends of the IDF (FIDF) as well as on the advisory board of Kosher Miami (KM) and ‘Yehi Or’ (a JCS family abuse prevention and treatment program). Rabbi Yeshurun is currently the congregational rabbi of ‘Skylake Synagogue’ in North Miami Beach.
