Activities supervisor leaving Freehold Twp.

The Freehold Township Parks and Recreation Department has announced that Ralph Ernst III is leaving the employ of Freehold Township. According to a press release from the township, Ernst has served as the activities supervisor for the past two years. In that capacity, he was responsible for many of the sports programs presented by the recreation department.

"We take great pride in both the variety and large number of recreation programs we offer. Ralph's position here was to oversee the planning and execution of all of these programs. We will miss him," said Parks and Recreation Superinten-dent Sue McGough.

According to the press release, the Ernst family is no stranger to Freehold Township, as various members of the family have lived in the municipality for decades.

"Ralph is just another example in a long line of members of the Ernst family who have been involved in public service. We wish him the best," said Township Administrator Thomas E. Antus.

Local rabbi honored at

Hebrew Union College

Rabbi Donald A. Weber of Temple Rodeph Torah, Marlboro, was honored for 25 years of distinguished service to the Jewish people at a ceremony held May 4 at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York. Dr. David H. Ellenson, president of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, conferred the doctor of divinity, honoris causa, on Weber at the graduation ceremony.

Weber was ordained in 1981 at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. He served for three years as the assistant rabbi of Temple Beth David in Commack, N.Y., and in 1984 became the first full-time rabbi of Temple Rodeph Torah.

Weber is the chair of the Committee on Conversion of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, a member of the Marlboro Ethics Board, a chaplain for the Marlboro Police Department, and has served on the boards of the New Jersey West Hudson Valley Association of Reform Rabbis and Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger. He was one of the creators of "A Taste of Judaism," a survey of Jewish life for non-Jews, and served as the coordinator of the New Jersey Reform Beit Din, the Rabbinic Court.