{"id":94509,"date":"2016-05-01T06:57:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T14:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=94509"},"modified":"2016-05-01T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T17:08:25","slug":"why-did-rabbi-shmuly-yanklowitz-leave-kehilat-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=94509","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz Leave Kehilat Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Steve Osman writes in the shul bulletin in 2013<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThis article will formally announce to those who do not already know, that Rabbi Yanklowitz has resigned his position as
\nSenior Rabbi. On Friday, May 17 a verbal agreement was reached and was affirmed by a written letter of resignation. Those attending
\nShabbat Services on May 18 heard me read the following letter:<\/p>\n

4\/26\/2013
\nTo the Board, Officers, Staff, and Congregants of Kehilath Israel
\nFrom: Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
\nMy dear friends,
\nIt is with heavy heart that I inform you that I am resigning as Senior Rabbi of the congregation. Due to misunderstandings regarding the application of the synagogue\u2019s policies and procedures as outlined in its Constitution and my Engagement Agreement, I believe I must move on.<\/p>\n

Shoshana and I were very blessed to have had eight wonderful months with you. So many of you have touched our hearts and become true partners and friends. We are very grateful to you and will miss you very much. We wish you all good health, long life, growth, and happiness. You will always have a special place in our hearts.
\nWith deep gratitude and appreciation, wishing you all many blessings,<\/p>\n

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do social justice and scandal go together? It would be funny if the rabbi did something unethical. Reading between the lines, it sounds like some sort of financial problem. I wonder if YCT<\/a> moved in, paid money all over the place and had articles removed from the web to save him as he is one of their biggest stars.<\/p>\n

In July of 2013, came this announcement from Phoenix:<\/p>\n

Valley Beit Midrash hires one of \u2018America\u2019s top 50 rabbis\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Newsweek named him one of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Top 50 Rabbis\u201d for the second year in a row. And now, starting in July, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder and president of the social justice organization Uri L\u2019Tzedek, will be executive director of Valley Beit Midrash.
\nYanklowitz, 31, was described by Newsweek as \u201cOrthodoxy\u2019s most prominent voice on social justice\u201d who \u201chas a resume longer than many rabbinic leaders twice his age.\u201d
\nThis resume includes a master\u2019s degree in leadership, moral development and psychology from Harvard University and a master\u2019s in Jewish philosophy from Yeshiva University. He received ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (the same school as his predecessor Rabbi Darren Kleinberg), as well as a second one from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin in Efrat, Israel, and a third from Rabbi Nathan Lopez Cardozo of Jerusalem. Last year, he received a doctorate in epistemology, moral development and developmental psychology from Columbia University.
\nHe is also the author of \u201cJewish Ethics & Social Justice: A Guide for the 21st Century\u201d and serves as CEO of the Shamayim V\u2019Aretz Institute, which focuses on preventive health, kosher veganism, animal welfare, activism and preservation of the environment.
\nIn the past decade, he has been the director of Jewish life and senior Jewish educator at the Hillel at the University of California, Los Angeles; a chaplain in the U.S. Army; a hospital chaplain; and a congregational rabbi.
\nValley Beit Midrash, founded in 2007, describes itself on its website, valleybeitmidrash.org, as \u201ca collaborative organization that brings new, exciting and relevant Jewish programming to the Greater Phoenix Jewish community in a diverse welcoming, engaging and pluralistic setting\u201d and partners with a number of local synagogues and Jewish organizations to provide this programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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