Additionally, he is the posek for the Boca Raton Community mikva, Co-Chairman of the ORB/South Palm Beach County Va'ad Hakashrut. Rabbi Brander is also a member of several community boards and he has received many awards for his community service. Rabbi Brander was the first recipient of the Yeshiva University Wexner Rabbinic Leadership Award in 1999. Most recently, he was honored with the State of Israel Medal of Honor presented by the Mayor of Gush Etzion for Rabbinic Leadership in supporting Gush Etzion.

Rabbi Brander studied at Yeshivat Sha'alvim in Israel and then received his B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Yeshiva University. He continued his studies as a fellow in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and was awarded ordination in 1986. In 1999, he received an advanced level of ordination from Machon Puah and Rav Mordechai Eliyahu acknowledging the Rabbi's particular expertise in the areas of Taharat hamispacha (Family Purity), infertility, gynecological procedures, and their interface with halacha.