735 Kennedy Blvd.
Bayonne, NJ 07002

201-436-4499

Clifford B. Miller has been with Temple Emanu-El since 1987. He serves as Cantor of the congregation, except when we have the services of a visiting Hazzan. He is also our Torah reader four or more times a week.  He is our Bar and Bat Mitzvah tutor.

Clifford Miller learned informal education as founding President of Detroit city-wide Leadership Training Fellowship and as a camper, counselor, and teacher at Ramah Camps in Wisconsin, Connecticut, Canada, and Pennsylvania.

Chaplain Miller served at Sheppard Air Force Base in the Air Training Command, as the Jewish Chaplain for Thailand, Laos and Nepal, & as Rabbi of Strategic Air Command.

After rising to the rank of Captain in the US Air Force, Chaplain Miller resigned from the military and served congregations in Rockville (MD), Germantown (PA), Bayside Hills (Queens), Scotch Plains (NJ), Minneapolis (MN) and East Windsor (NJ). In Minnesota, Rabbi Miller prided himself in leading the slowest minyan in the Midwest.

He says the person who finishes praying last, wins.

A National Merit Scholar, Rabbi Miller’s bachelor degree from Columbia College was in Philosophy and Religions, concentrating on Oriental Studies. From Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, he earned the degree of Master of Library Service, and he is employed since 1990 as a librarian at the JTSA. He was awarded three degrees by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America: For his degree of Master of Hebrew Literature, he majored in Talmud. His ordination is a degree of Rabbi, Teacher and Preacher. After 25 years’ service to Conservative congregations, he was made a Doctor of Divinity.

Rabbi Miller enjoyed teaching in Cantor’s Institute and Seminary College of Jewish Music, and as a guest in a number of colleges and universities. He is an UNaccomplished pianist.  He is the father of 2 daughters and 3 times a grandfather. He and Deborah Uchill Miller celebrated their 41^st wedding anniversary on Memorial Day.

Rabbi Miller has helped hundreds of adults and children to convert to Judaism. A staunch proponent of pre-marital counseling, Rabbi Miller is proud to find thatalmost all couples he counseled and married have remained happily married. Rabbi Miller has helped hundreds of couples through the Jewish divorce process, (Get), enabling each one to find happiness in a subsequent marriage.

You may reach Rabbi Miller by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or at home 201-858-8271 or  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please do not telephone on Sabbaths or holy days.

In emergencies, you may reach him at Seminary Library, 212-678-8092, understanding that he cannot discuss anything personal or sensitive with many others listening in.