Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Seltzer
Jewish Student Adviser
bbrombergseltzer@smith.edu
Rabbi Bruce has returned to Smith College, previously working at Smith as Chaplain to the College/Adviser to the Jewish Community from 2002–2010. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College and received an M.A. in Jewish Studies and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has studied Advanced Jewish Studies at Jerusalem’s Pardes Institute, Machon Schechter, and the Conservative Yeshiva.
Rabbi Bruce worked at Amherst College for 21 years as the Jewish Chaplain and Hillel Director, Assistant Director of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life/Campus Rabbi at Duke University, the Jewish Chaplain and Hillel Director at Drew University. He taught Jewish Culture at Western New England University.
Rabbi Bruce has worked at Camp Ramah New England supervising Kosher dining for summer retreats and during the camp season. He acts as a Kashrut Consultant for culinary businesses and non-profit groups and retreat centers in New England. He lives in Northampton with his wife Deborah and children. Rabbi Bruce and his family belong to Congregations Bnai Israel and are active in the Ohel Minyan. He also serves as the president of the Hebrew Freer Loan Association of Greater Springfield.