Rabbi David Ellenson Scholar-in-Residence Weekend

Rabbi David Ellenson Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14

This weekend is made possible by the generosity of Jon Holman and Diana Grand

·       Friday, April 12 – 6:00 pm One Shabbat Service Lecture: Faith, Doubt, Meaning and Belief in the 21st Century

·       Friday, April 12 – 7:15 pm dinner immediately following Shabbat Service –  *Registration is now closed for the dinner. Walk-ins will not be allowed.

·       Saturday, April 13 – 9:15 am Torah Study: Conversion, Membership, and Identity

·       Sunday, April 14 – 9:30 am Lecture: Multiple Consciousnesses – Jewish Identity In The Trump Era

David Ellenson previously served as Interim President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, following the tragic death of Rabbi Aaron Panken on May 5, 2018. He is also immediate past Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.  Ellenson has written extensively on the origins and development of Orthodox Judaism in Germany during the Nineteenth Century, Orthodox legal writings on conversion in Israel, North America, and Europe during the modern era, the relationship between religion and state in Israel, the history of modern Jewish religious movements, and American Jewish life.  Chancellor-Emeritus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he served as President of HUC-JIR from 2001-2013. Ellenson is also Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University.

Ellenson received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1981 and was ordained as a rabbi by HUC-JIR in 1977.  Previously, he received his A.B. degree the College of William and Mary in 1969 and the University of Virginia granted him an M.A. in Religious Studies in 1972.