Submitted by JDater® Robert Friedman

I have known Rabbi Jon Haddon for about 30 years and was active in his congregation Shearith Israel in the early 1990’s. We are still very good friends. When I was in the process of divorce, he was very supportive and even gave me good insights into what the singles world would be like. At that time, he was also single. He is now very happily married and has been for some time.

He has always been a great resource for me when I needed advice about my activities in the singles world. In some measure, because of his insights, I have had successful relationships and a much happier and productive life.

Jon has a facility of being able to look at a situation and place it in the proper prospective. He has been instrumental in advising numerous couples who were planning matrimony and estimates that he has performed at least 26 weddings for people whom have met on JDate since his ordainment.

More on Rabbi Jon Haddon

Rabbi Jon Haddon was ordained in 1980 at the New York campus of Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, and invested as a Cantor since 1972.  Rabbi Haddon currently serves Temple Beth David in Amenia, New York and is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Shearith Israel where he served for more than 21 years. In addition to his rabbinic duties, Rabbi Haddon sits on seven different charity boards in Danbury and Ridgefield, CT and is a Police Chaplain for the Ridgefield Police.   

Inscription at the bottom of his Doctor of Divinity Degree

“A devoted rabbi, who as spiritual leader of Temple Shearith Israel, Ridgefield, Connecticut for nearly two decades, serves his congregation and community with unstinting zeal, who, as a Rabbi and Cantor, adds a special dimension to this rabbinate, who is a strong voice in his community for interfaith understanding, working tirelessly to promote bridges of understanding between Jews and Christians, whose active membership in the Danbury and Ridgefield Jewish and secular societies has earned for him positions of prominence, and who, as the first full-time Director of the School of Sacred Music, shows his dedication to his alma mater.”