Our Rabbi
Dr. David E. Wucher is a native of Bridgeport, Connecticut. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1966 and was ordained in 1972 at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He also received a Ph.D. in modern Jewish history from H.U.C. in 1985.
Rabbi Wucher served as an Army chaplain in the early 1970s, then served congregations in Hagerstown, Md., Springfield, Mo., and Kansas City, Mo, before moving to Huntington in 1989.
The rabbi is adjunct professor of Jewish studies at Marshall University, teaching classes in The Holocaust, The Hebrew Prophets and the Jewish Way of Life. He previously taught at Rockhurst College in Kansas City and Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo.
Rabbi Wucher has been a member of the boards of T.E.A.M. for West Virginia Children (Cabell County Child Protection Team), Hospice of Huntington and the Huntington Rotary Club. He is active in B'nai Brith Lodge, Cabell County Multi-Cultural Education Committee, Huntington Ministerial Association and the American Legion. He also is a charter member of the West Virginia Holocaust Education Commission, formed in 1998.
The rabbi has been married to his wife Victoria (Tori) since 1975. They have two daughters, Glenda and Aliza. His hobbies include baseball and history, particularly the American Civil War.
