Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson is the senior rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York. From 2002 through 2013 he served as senior rabbi of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester in Chappaqua, New York, and from 1997 to 2002 as assistant and associate rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City, advising that synagogue’s award-winning Social Action Committee.
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A graduate of Princeton University and ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbi Davidson’s work has included anti-death penalty advocacy, gay/lesbian inclusion and interfaith dialogue. In 2009, he was honored for his interfaith efforts by the Westchester Jewish Council and the American Jewish Committee, on whose New York board he sits.
Rabbi Davidson at a Glance... • Born in Great Neck, N.Y., and son of Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson • Bachelor’s degree in English language and literature (Princeton University, 1990) • Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles, 1995) • Rabbinical ordination, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (New York, 1997) • Married to Cantor Mia Fram Davidson with two daughters, Helena and Mikaela |
Rabbi Davidson holds a Corkin Family Fellowship at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. His articles have appeared in The Jewish Week, Commentary Magazine, The New York Post and The Huffington Post; and he is a contributing writer in Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman’s Prayers of Awe series.
Rabbi Davidson, over the last two years, has guided Congregation Emanu-El through a revisioning to meet the needs of the 21st century.
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