Louis E. Newman is the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning, and Director of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching at Carleton College

Carleton College

Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...

 in Northfield, Minnesota

Northfield, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...

. He has been described by Rabbi Eugene Borowitz

Eugene Borowitz

Eugene B. Borowitz is a leader and philosopher in Reform Judaism, known largely for his work on Jewish theology and Jewish ethics. He also edited a Jewish journal, Sh'ma, and teaches at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion....

 as "probably our leading contemporary critic of applied Jewish ethical method."

Newman is the author of numerous books such as

• Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics (SUNY Press, 1998)
• An Introduction to Jewish Ethics (Prentice Hall, 2005)
• Repentance: the Meaning and Practice of Teshuvah (Jewish Lights, 2010)

Newman was the founding President of the Society of Jewish Ethics

Society of Jewish Ethics

The Society of Jewish Ethics is an academic organization which promotes scholarly work in the field of Jewish ethics. Its founding president was Louis E. Newman. Other past presidents have included Elliot Dorff and David Teutsch. The current president is Aaron Mackler....

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He also served as president of Beth Jacob Congregation

Beth Jacob Congregation

Beth Jacob Congregation is a Conservative Jewish synagogue located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. It was founded in 1985 and has a membership of 400 families. Beth Jacob is a community of Jews who come together to nurture relationships with God and each other...

 in Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Mendota Heights, Minnesota

At the 2000 census, there were 11,434 people, 4,178 households and 3,237 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,222.2 per square mile . There were 4,252 housing units at an average density of 454.5 per square mile...

 from June 2009-June 2011.

He is married to Amy Eilberg

Amy Eilberg

Amy Eilberg is the first female rabbi ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, one of the academic centers and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism.-Youth and early life:...

, the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism,...

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