Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson
Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean’s Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is Vice President of American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Rabbi Artson has long been a passionate advocate for social justice, human dignity, diversity and inclusion. He wrote a book on Jewish teachings on war, peace and nuclear annihilation in the late 80s, became a leading voice advocating for GLBT marriage and ordination in the 90s, and has published and spoken widely on environmental ethics, special needs inclusion, racial and economic justice, cultural and religious dialogue and cooperation, and working for a just and secure peace for Israel and the Middle East. A member of the Philosophy Department, he is particularly interested in theology, ethics, and the integration of science and religion. He supervises the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program and mentors Camp Ramah in California (Ojai) and Camp Ramah of Northern California (Monterey Bay). He is also dean of the Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany, ordaining Conservative rabbis for Europe. A frequent contributor for the Huffington Post and for the Times of Israel, and a public figure Facebook page with about 50,000 likes, he is the author of 12 books and over 250 articles, most recently Renewing the Process of Creation: A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit (Jewish Lights). Married to Elana Artson, they are the proud parents of twins, Jacob and Shira.
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Claire Abramovitz
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Miriam Abrams-Stark
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Alondra Alderete
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Mauria Atzil
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Benjy Behrman
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Madeline Berger
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Allan Bogan
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Vjollca Citozi
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Jennifer Fisher
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Rabbi Robin Foonberg
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Rivka Friedlander
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Isabel Hernandez
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Joyce Juda
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Andi Kahclamat
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Jason Kay
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Ari Kornreich
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Roumiana Kovachev
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Martin S. Kunoff
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Barry Mael
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Julie Marder
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Rose McMahon
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Avram Pachter
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James Pasinosky
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Public Relations
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Michelle Rich
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Vicky Schara
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Hannah Schutzengel
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Marc Sender
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Rachel Sisk
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Brad Sugar
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Linda Sussman
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Valerie Thaler
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Jo-Anne Tucker-Zemlak
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Parker Weber
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Tony Westbrook, Jr.
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Greg Yellin
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