Rabbi Arthur Green
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Rabbi Arthur Green, Ph.D., is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. In addition to his Hebrew College Rabbinical School role as Rector, he serves as Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College and is Professor Emeritus at Brandeis University.

Previously, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as Dean and President from 1984 to 1993.

A prolific author, Dr. Green has published "Radical Judaism: Rethinking God and Tradition" (Yale University, 2010) "Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow" (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002) and "A Guide to the Zohar" (Stanford University, 2003). He lectures widely at universities and Jewish communities throughout North America, as well as in Israel, where he visits each year. Dr. Green received his BA and PhD from Brandeis and an MHL and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Blog Entries by Rabbi Arthur Green

Leviticus 12-15: Whom Do We Send Outside the Camp? Israel Past and Future

(4) Comments | Posted April 24, 2012 | 5:22 PM

The weekly Torah portions called Tazria and Metsora (Leviticus 12-15) are the classic bane of Jewish preachers' lives. They feature ancient rules about the treatment of skin diseases, defining what were obviously medical practices as matters of ritual purity and defilement....

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Kabbalah Centre: Marketing Superstition as Spirituality?

(69) Comments | Posted October 26, 2011 | 1:01 PM

The Los Angeles Times this week published a thorough and well-researched expose of the Kabbalah Centre.

As a student and teacher of Kabbalah and Hasidism for more than 50 years, I have been watching this travesty unfold. It now apparently is reaching its denouement. Along with many...

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