David Wolpe

Wolpe (born 1958) is an author, public speaker and rabbi of Sinai Temple (Los Angeles, California) . Named the "#1 Pulpit Rabbi in America" by Newsweek magazine (2008), he is considered a leader of the Conservative Jewish movement. Wolpe was named one of The Forward's Forward 50 , and one of the hundred most influential people in Los Angeles by Los Angeles magazine. Author of six books and a regular weekly column in the New York Jewish Week, Wolpe became the focus of international controversy when he gave a Passover sermon that discussed the historic validity of the Exodus from Egypt .

Wolpe (born 1958) is an author, public speaker and rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, California. Named the most influential rabbi in America by Newsweek Magazine (2012) and one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post (2012), Wolpe was named one of The Forward's 50, and one of the hundred most influential people in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine . Author of seven books and a frequent television guest, Wolpe writes a weekly column in The Jewish Week . Wolpe became the focus of international controversy when he gave a Passover sermon that questioned the historicity of the Exodus from Egypt . Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York in 1987, Wolpe is a leader in Conservative Judaism .

Named the most influential rabbi in America by Newsweek Magazine and one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post , David Wolpe is the rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, California. He previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Hunter College , and UCLA . He has been on television numerous times, including the Today Show , Face the Nation , ABC this Morning , and CBS This Morning . In addition, Wolpe has been featured in series on PBS , A&E , the History channel , and the Discovery channel . Wolpe is the author of eight books, including the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times . Wolpe’s new book is titled David: The Divided Heart . It was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award (2014) , and has been optioned for a movie by Warner Bros. Wolpe became the focus of international controversy when he gave a Passover sermon that questioned the historicity of the Exodus from Egypt . Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York in 1987, Wolpe is a leader in Conservative Judaism . He is the brother of bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe .

Wolpe (born September 19, 1958 ) is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School [1] and the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple . He previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Hunter College , and UCLA . Wolpe was named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek in 2012 [2] and among the 500 most influential angelinos in 2016 and 2018 [3] . Wolpe became the focus of international controversy when he gave a Passover sermon that questioned the historicity of the Exodus from Egypt . Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York in 1987, Wolpe is a leader in Conservative Judaism . National Library of Israel authorities database.