he also taught at the University of Tulsa and Phillips Theological Seminary, and served as president of the Southwest Association of Reform Rabbis, the Tulsa Ministerial Alliance, the Tulsa Police and Fire Chaplaincy Corps, the National Conference for Community and Justice (Tulsa Region) and the Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry. In 1979, he presided over the bar mitzvah at Temple Israel of future NFL football player and professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. That year membership was 525 families. In 1984 the synagogue building flooded, and as part of the repairs, the congregation added a preschool. The following year membership peaked at 558 families, but by 1995 that had fallen to under 500. Sherman was inducted into the Tulsa Historical Society Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2010 he was awarded the Russell Bennett Spiritual Inclusion Award by the Oklahomans for Equality. Sherman retired in 2013, becoming rabbi emeritus. To succeed Sherman, Temple Israel selected a married couple, Micah and Karen Citrin, who had previously worked together as rabbis at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo, California. The Citrins met when both of them were studying for the rabbinate at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. Micah's father was the rabbi at New Mexico's oldest Jewish congregation, Congregation Albert in Albuquerque. The Citrins moved to Temple Beth David in Westwood, Massachusetts in 2016, and were succeeded by Jim Simon as interim rabbi. Michael Weinstein became Temple Israel's rabbi in 2018. A graduate of University of Cincinnati and Xavier University (where he completed a Master's degree in Christian theology), he received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 2010. His wife Laurie Weinstein was appointed as the synagogue's cantor. Temple Israel's membership has continued to fall, to 425 families in 2011, and 375 by 2019. Temple Israel is Tulsa's oldest synagogue, and only Reform synagogue. Notable members Bill Goldberg, NFL football player and undefeated wrestler Benedict I. Lubell, oil industry executive Notes References Further reading Zarrow, Alison. Abandoned Tulsa, Furnace Press, 2005, , pp. 53-61. External links Voices of Oklahoma interview. Two first person interviews conducted on June 10, 2013 and February 19, 2020, with Rabbi Charles Sherman. 1914 establishments in Oklahoma 1955 establishments in Oklahoma Percival Goodman synagogues Religious buildings and structures in Tulsa, Oklahoma Reform synagogues in Oklahoma Jewish organizations established in 1914 Synagogues completed in 1955