Rabbi Rick Block on Clubhouse

Bio

“One of the top 25 pulpit rabbis in America” - Newsweek
“One of the great Reform Rabbis of our generation” - Daniel Gordis

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Founder: CH Rabbinic Chevreh
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Dual citizenship 🇮🇱 🇺🇸
Homes in both countries
Past President and Chair, Past Presidents Council, Central Conference of American Rabbis
Past President, World Union for Progressive Judaism

Ordained by HUC-JIR. Awarded an honorary doctorate: A “gifted rabbi…whose hallmark of service embodies the spirit of teaching and learning.”

Rabbi of Greenwich (CT) Reform Synagogue. Council of Churches and Synagogues of Lower Fairfield County Humanitarian Award for leadership "worthy of esteem and commendation" that "made a significant difference in his community and in our whole region."

As Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA, inspired a national partnership for educational innovation. Integrated 900 families from the former Soviet Union in Jewish life. Received Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco’s “FAMMY” Award, “in appreciation of extraordinary caring and dedicated service.”

Senior Rabbi of The Temple – Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, OH, 2001 to 2018. Instrumental in creating the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, CWRU’s Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at TTTI. Chair, Jewish Community Federation Black- Jewish Relations Task Force.

Prior to rabbinic studies, graduated with honors from the Wharton School and Yale Law School. Editor, Yale Law Journal. Law clerk for federal district judge. Active duty, U.S. Navy JAGC, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, and faculty, the Naval Justice School, Newport, RI.

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/richard-block/
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