Jonathan Rosenblatt
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Jonathan Rosenblatt is an America
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Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the great-grandson of Yossele Rosenblatt. Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt earned the BA and an MA from the Johns Hopkins University
in Comparative Literature. He has a PhD from Columbia University
in the field of Modern British Literature, specifically Ulysses by James Joyce. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion
and was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
of Yeshiva University
in 1982. He is married to an attorney, Tzipporah Rosenblatt, daughter of Isadore Twersky
. They have four children: Yehudah, Tonya, Shmuel and Rivka.
Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is the rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center
in the Riverdale neighborhood of New York City. Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is often invited to speak at clergy conferences on building spiritual values and a feeling of community in congregations.
Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is known for his work in bridging the gaps that divide Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and secular Jews, for actively supporting the Oslo peace process in the Middle East He is widely quoted on topics of concern to the Jewish community.
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Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
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Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the great-grandson of Yossele Rosenblatt. Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt earned the BA and an MA from the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in Comparative Literature. He has a PhD from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in the field of Modern British Literature, specifically Ulysses by James Joyce. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion
Yeshivat Har Etzion
Yeshivat Har Etzion, ', commonly known as "Gush," is a hesder yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, a community in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, near Jerusalem, Israel. With a student body of 484, it is one of the largest hesder yeshivas in Israel...
and was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University, located in Washington Heights, New York. It is named after Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, who died the year it was founded, 1896...
of Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
in 1982. He is married to an attorney, Tzipporah Rosenblatt, daughter of Isadore Twersky
Isadore Twersky
Isadore Twersky was an Orthodox rabbi and the Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University, a chair previously held by Harry Austryn Wolfson. Twersky was an internationally recognized authority on Rabbinic literature and Jewish philosophy...
. They have four children: Yehudah, Tonya, Shmuel and Rivka.
Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is the rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center
Riverdale Jewish Center
The Riverdale Jewish Center is an Orthodox synagogue in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.The rabbi as of 2011 is Jonathan Rosenblatt...
in the Riverdale neighborhood of New York City. Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is often invited to speak at clergy conferences on building spiritual values and a feeling of community in congregations.
Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is known for his work in bridging the gaps that divide Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and secular Jews, for actively supporting the Oslo peace process in the Middle East He is widely quoted on topics of concern to the Jewish community.