Yitzchok Adlerstein
Orthodox Jewish rabbi, professor, and author
Yitzchok Adlerstein (born 1950 in New York) is an American Orthodox rabbi. He is the co-founder of Cross-Currents, an online journal of Orthodox Jewish thought, and regularly contributes to that site. He is on the editorial board of Klal Perspectives, an online journal of issues facing the Orthodox community.
Career
Adlerstein served in an advisory and honorary position as one of the founding trustees of the Association for Jewish Outreach Programs (AJOP, known at the time as the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals), delivering lectures and workshops to Orthodox Jewish outreach rabbis.
Adlerstein studied and received his advanced rabbinical ordination from the Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim in New York. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Queens College and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Adlerstein is the director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He holds the Sydney M. Irmas Adjunct Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics at Loyola Law School and teaches senior high school girls at Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles.
He writes regularly for Cross-Currents. He is the author of Netivot Shalom: Insights on the Holidays and Avoda Based on the Writings of the Slonimer Rebbe, which was published by Maggid Books in 2019.
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