David Wolpe | |
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.jpg) Wolpe officiating at a wedding in Los Angeles | |
| Born | David J. Wolpe September 19, 1958 |
| Occupation(s) | Rabbi, author, educator |
David J. Wolpe (born September 19, 1958[1]) is an American rabbi. He is Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School[2] and the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple.[3] He previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Hunter College, and UCLA. Wolpe was named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek in 2012,[4] and among the 500 most influential Angelinos in 2016 and 2018.[5] Wolpe now serves as the Inaugural rabbinic fellow for the ADL,[6] and a Senior Advisor for the Maimonides Fund.[7] Wolpe resigned from an advisory group on antisemitism assembled by Harvard President Claudine Gay in December 2023 in response to what Wolpe characterized as a hostile environment to Jews at Harvard.[8]
Wolpe became the focus of international controversy in 2001 when he gave a Passover sermon that questioned the historicity of the Exodus from Egypt. In 2023, he attracted controversy yet again, this time for his negative depiction of non-monotheistic religions in an article published in The Atlantic.[9]
Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York in 1987, Wolpe is a leader in Conservative Judaism.
- ^ National Library of Israel authorities database.
- ^ "David Wolpe". hds.harvard.edu. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Rabbi David Wolpe". Sinai Temple. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Lowenfeld, Jonah (2 April 2012). "Rabbi David Wolpe tops Newsweek's L.A.-heavy list of 'most influential' rabbis". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "David Wolpe". Los Angeles Business Journal. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/adl-names-david-wolpe-inaugural-rabbinic-fellow
- ^ "Maimonides Fund Adds New Strategic Focus on Viewpoint Diversity in the Jewish Community – Maimonides Fund". Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Hartocollis, Anemona; Peters, Jeremy W.; Goldstein, Dana (16 December 2023). "Feeling Alone and Estranged, Many Jews at Harvard Wonder What's Next". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ David Wolpe (25 December 2023). "The Return of the Pagans". The Atlantic.; cf., e.g., Manny Moreno (23 December 2023). ""The Atlantic" publishes another attack on Pagans. Where are Pagan voices in its pages?". The Wild Hunt.; Chrissy Stroop (9 January 2024). "All that Glitters is Monotheism: Ignorance of Paganism isn't the Real Problem with David Wolpe's Atlantic Essay". Religion Dispatches.. See also letters collected at https://wildhunt.org/2023/12/pagan-community-notes-week-of-december-26-2023.html
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