Rabbi Marc D. Angel | |
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Personal | |
Born | July 1945 |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Modern Orthodox Judaism ( Open Orthodoxy) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Rabbi and author |
Synagogue | Congregation Shearith Israel |
Semikhah | RIETS |
Marc D. Angel (born July 1945) is a Modern Orthodox rabbi and author, Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City, a position he has held since 1969. [1] [2]
Born into Seattle's Sephardic Jewish community, his ancestors are Ottoman Sephardim from Turkey and Rhodes, and he grew up in a Ladino-speaking home. [1]
He received his B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Th.D. honoris causa, and semikhah (rabbinical ordination) from Yeshiva University; he also has an M.A. in English literature from the City College of New York. He has received the Bernard Revel Award in Religion and Religious Education. [3] He was president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), [4] and a member of the editorial board of its journal, Tradition.
In 2007, he established the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.[ citation needed] He directs the Institute and edits its journal, Conversations, which appears three times per year and is a voice of Open Orthodoxy. In 2007, he and Rabbi Avi Weiss co-founded the International Rabbinic Fellowship, [5] the Open Orthodox rabbinic group, "to counter what they see as a rightward shift in the Orthodox community" [5] and reduce centralization of rabbinate authority, though they remained RCA members.
A prolific author, he has written several controversial books and articles that have taken issue with and challenged traditional Orthodox views and the Rabbinate.
In a 2009 interview he stated that he and his wife Gilda Angel [6] "have three children and six grandchildren." [1]
In October 2007, Angel founded the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals is a New York-based non-profit organization committed to advancing a culturally diverse and intellectually rational Jewish Orthodoxy. The Institute disseminates its particular vision through the publication of articles, and books as well as the hosting and promotion of lectures. [8] Hayyim Angel, Angels's son, is National Scholar of the institute.
I thank my wife , Gilda , and our son , Rabbi Hayyim Angel
Rabbi Marc D. Angel | |
---|---|
Personal | |
Born | July 1945 |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Modern Orthodox Judaism ( Open Orthodoxy) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Rabbi and author |
Synagogue | Congregation Shearith Israel |
Semikhah | RIETS |
Marc D. Angel (born July 1945) is a Modern Orthodox rabbi and author, Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City, a position he has held since 1969. [1] [2]
Born into Seattle's Sephardic Jewish community, his ancestors are Ottoman Sephardim from Turkey and Rhodes, and he grew up in a Ladino-speaking home. [1]
He received his B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Th.D. honoris causa, and semikhah (rabbinical ordination) from Yeshiva University; he also has an M.A. in English literature from the City College of New York. He has received the Bernard Revel Award in Religion and Religious Education. [3] He was president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), [4] and a member of the editorial board of its journal, Tradition.
In 2007, he established the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.[ citation needed] He directs the Institute and edits its journal, Conversations, which appears three times per year and is a voice of Open Orthodoxy. In 2007, he and Rabbi Avi Weiss co-founded the International Rabbinic Fellowship, [5] the Open Orthodox rabbinic group, "to counter what they see as a rightward shift in the Orthodox community" [5] and reduce centralization of rabbinate authority, though they remained RCA members.
A prolific author, he has written several controversial books and articles that have taken issue with and challenged traditional Orthodox views and the Rabbinate.
In a 2009 interview he stated that he and his wife Gilda Angel [6] "have three children and six grandchildren." [1]
In October 2007, Angel founded the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals is a New York-based non-profit organization committed to advancing a culturally diverse and intellectually rational Jewish Orthodoxy. The Institute disseminates its particular vision through the publication of articles, and books as well as the hosting and promotion of lectures. [8] Hayyim Angel, Angels's son, is National Scholar of the institute.
I thank my wife , Gilda , and our son , Rabbi Hayyim Angel