Carnie Rose returns home to be rabbi at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. “I want to invite people into the deep mystery of God."

After decades of living and working in the U.S., Israel, Japan and Europe, Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose has come back home. 

Rose, who was raised in Winnipeg, took up his new responsibilities as senior rabbi at Congregation Shaarey Zedek on July 1. 

He returns after serving as CEO of a Jewish community centre in Cleveland. “I wanted to go back to teaching in a synagogue,” he said. “I realized I was more of a pastor, teacher and preacher, not an administrator. I missed those things.” 

As a rabbi, Rose wants to pass on the tenets of Judaism to members of Shaarey Zedek. 

“Judaism is a 4,000-year-old tradition that still has something to say to the world today,” Rose said, noting he wants to help the synagogue continue to be a place “where people can come to learn and develop deep roots in Judaism and in the Jewish community.” 

“I want to invite people into the deep mystery of God, to see Judaism as a tradition that has something to say about how to live with a partner, with children, with parents, neighbours, others and the world.” 

Read about Carnie Rose and his vision for Judaism in Winnipeg in the Free Press.