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David Seth Kirshner

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Occupation
  
Rabbi, activist

Name
  
David-Seth Kirshner


Role
  
Rabbi

Education
  
York University


Born
  
1973 (age 42–43)
Closter, New Jersey

Rabbi david seth kirshner at stand with israel rally ny july 28 2014


David-Seth Kirshner (born 1973), is the Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, in Closter, New Jersey.

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Prior to becoming a congregational rabbi, he worked at the Jewish Theological Seminary, which he joined in 1999, serving as Senior Director of Institutional Advancement, overseeing the Seminary's development and outreach efforts. For five years, Kirshner also served as spiritual leader for the Hebrew Congregation of Fitzgerald, in Southern Georgia.

Rabbi Kirshner holds the following positions of leadership:

  • President of the New York Board of Rabbis
  • Vice President of the New Jersey Board of Rabbis
  • Appointed to NJ Israel Commission by Governor Chris Christie
  • Member of the Chancellor’s Rabbinic Cabinet at the Jewish Theological Seminary
  • Kellogg School of Rabbinic Management at Northwestern University, Inaugural class
  • UJC Rabbinic Cabinet
  • Board member of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
  • National Council of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
  • Hartman Fellow in Jerusalem

    • He has written articles for many media sources and is regularly published in the Jewish Standard, The Bergen Record and The New York Times.

    Rabbi Kirshner holds a BA degree from York University in Toronto, Canada and earned an MA in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Kirshner is married to 'Dori Frumin Kirshner.

    Temple emanu el of closter hosts governor chris christie rabbi david seth kirshner


    References

    David-Seth Kirshner Wikipedia
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