Who am I?

Rabbi Nover joined Beth El in 2019, and is the Assistant Rabbi and Education Director. He is the main service leader and runs the Pre-K – 10th religious education programs. Passionate about Jewish Education, he focuses on making Judaism relevant to his students. He lives by the saying “there are seventy interpretations to every verse in the Torah,” and loves to bring unconventional ideas to the discussion. Whether that’s looking at the physics of David’s sling or looking at Zombies and Judaism, Rabbi Nover tries to find a way to make Judaism matter to his students.

Originally from Texas, Rabbi Nover was highly involved with Camp Young Judea and USY. After high school, he went on Nativ, The College Leadership Program in Israel, where he studied at the Conservative Yeshiva and volunteered.  He came to New Jersey for his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University, where he majored in Physics and Jewish Studies. He has been involved with supplementary schools as a student, as a teacher, and as an administrator for most of his life, and cares deeply about making them succeed. Before he officially decided to be a Rabbi (though he and everyone knew it would happen eventually,) Rabbi Nover served as a technology director, a science teacher, and was a Biomedical Sciences Research Intern at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Rabbi Nover graduated from the Rabbinical School at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York in 2019.  In addition to his rabbinic ordination, he earned a Master’s Degree in Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation, a Master’s Degree in Jewish Education (with Honors), and a Masters Certificate in Israel Education from JTS. During his rabbinical studies, he served as a chaplain intern at Penn Health Princeton Medical Center, and as a rabbinic intern at Rutgers University Hillel.

Rabbi Nover stays up to date on the latest trends in Jewish Education and Youth Engagement. He is a Sefaria Certified Educator, a Google Certified Educator, and has an additional Masters Concentration in Israel Education through the iCenter. 

He participated in the Matan Institute for Education Directors (Cohort 11) which helps Jewish Educational leaders understand how to design inclusive programs for students with special needs. He also participated in a Gender Equity in Hiring (cohort 6) training, and was selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Sefaria Innovators Circle. 

Additionally, he is certified in First Aid/CPR/ Epipen, and in Youth Mental Health First Aid.

He was recognized by the Jewish Educators Assembly for his ongoing dedication to Jewish education on the national level as well as in his own community with the Conservative Jewish Educator credential, which was introduced to recognize select educators for attaining a standard of achievement in the field of Conservative Jewish education. He was also recognized as one of USY's 36 under 36 in 2023.

Rabbi Nover is a current member of the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards and was a participant of the first Shomer Collective Fellowship. 

Rabbi Nover has served as the chair of the Jewish Educator’s Council of Princeton Mercer Bucks, the President of the Mid-Atlantic region of the Jewish Educators Assembly, Secretary of the Windsor Hightstown Area Ministerium, and Coordinator of the Board of Rabbis of Princeton Mercer Bucks’ Intro to Judaism course.