Nesenoff served as a spiritual director and rabbi at various synagogues during his career . He was the rabbi for the Conservative Temple Beth Sholom in Smithtown , New York until April 2010 when he was unable to reach a salary agreement with the congregation . Previously he was the director of the East Northport Jewish Center and in the 1990s he was at the Oyster Bay Jewish Center in Long Island . Nesenoff created Temple Tikvah , Synagogue of Hope , to comfort and inspire people and to help create a sense of community following the September 11 attacks . He conducted non-traditional services which included club musicians , poetry readings , popular music and the showing of one of his short films
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
David Nesenoff