Rabbi Randall Mark is the spiritual leader of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Wayne. Prior to serving this congregation he was the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Ahm in Verona for five years and earlier the student rabbi of Congregation B'nai Shalom in Piscataway.
Originally from Minneapolis, MN he received his Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College; his Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and he also earned a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology from Temple University.
Rabbi Mark is active in the Conservative Movement. He is a Past President of the NJ Region of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA). He has served on the Convention Committee coordinating the Practical Rabbinics sessions for the International RA. He was the founder of the Movement's Regional Leaders Counsel in NJ.
He is also the Chairperson of the Rabbinic Advisory Committee of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union and also serves on its Board of Governors. He teaches Rabbinics and serves as the rabbinic authority for the Gerrard Berman Day School, Solomon Schechter of North Jersey in Oakland.
Rabbi Mark is also involved in his local community serving on the Board of the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey and on the Board of the YM-YWHA of North Jersey in Wayne. He is Secretary/Treasurer of the Wayne Clergy Fellowship (WCF) and a member of the North Jersey Board of Rabbis. He has served as the WCF representative on the Wayne Public School's Committee on Crisis Intervention. When in Verona he served on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Family Service of MetroWest and he was a MetroWest Chaplain serving The Mountainside and Montclair Community Hospitals. He was also a member of The Mountainside Hospital Ethics committee.
Rabbi Mark is married to Dassy (Horn), they have four children: Avi, Penina, Raffi & Danit. Avi is at Rutgers University; Penina, Raffi & Danit attend the Solomon Schechter Day School in West Orange.
