Background
Shapiro, Chaim was born on November 29, 1931 in New Haven. Son of Samuel Aaron and Miriam Rebecca (Einbinder) Shapiro.
Shapiro, Chaim was born on November 29, 1931 in New Haven. Son of Samuel Aaron and Miriam Rebecca (Einbinder) Shapiro.
Bachelor, Yeshive College, 1953. Master of Education, University Pittsburgh, 1958. D. Ministry, Boston University, 1990.
Rabbi, Congregation Rodeph Shalom Homestead, Pittsburgh, 1956-1958; rabbi, Briarwood Jewish Center, Queens, New York, 1958-1960; rabbi, Touro Synagogue-Congregation Jeshuat Israel, Newport, Rhode Island, since 1987; rabbi, executive director, Temple Israel, Long Beach, New York, 1984-1987. Principal Young Israel-Wavecrest & Bayswater School, Far Rockaway, New York, 1964-1969, Atlantic Beach (New York) Jewish Center, 1960-1978. Youth director Young Israel of Long Beach (New York), 1962-1966.
Spiritual guide Newport County Hospice and Visiting Nurses Association, since 1979. Board directors Hedward King Senior Citizens Center, Newport, since 1988. Member Yeshiva University Rabbinical Alumni Association, Rabbinical Council Asm., Aquidneck Clergy Association, Rhode Island Board Rabbis.
Married Sheila Esther Rabinowitz, March 15, 1955. Children: Elliott, Alan, Neil, Jonathan.