Reuven Hammer

Reuven Hammer is a rabbi and author , affiliated with the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom and in the State of Israel . The Masorti movement is a part of Conservative Judaism . In the UK he served as an interim rabbi in the New London Synagogue from October 2005 until July 2007. He is a former President of the Rabbinical Assembly . He is one of the founders of the Masorti Movement in Israel. He is the head of the Massorti rabbinic council, the Va'ad Halakhah. The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University ) awarded him the Simon Greenberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Rabbinate, in 2003. In 2003 the Jewish newspaper The Forward named him as one of the “ Forward 50 ."

Reuven Hammer (born 1933, Syracuse, New York ) is a Conservative Jewish rabbi , scholar of Jewish liturgy , author and lecturer. He is a founder of the Masorti movement in Israel and a past president of the International Rabbinical Assembly . He served many years as head of the Masorti Beth Din in Israel. A prolific writer in both the Israeli and international press, he is a regular columnist for The Jerusalem Post 's "Tradition Today" column. He lives in Jerusalem .

American rabbi, scholar, religious leader Reuven Hammer (June 30, 1933 – August 12, 2019) was an American-Israeli Conservative rabbi , scholar of Jewish liturgy , author and lecturer who was born in New York. He was a founder of the "Masorti" (Conservative) movement in Israel and a president of the International Rabbinical Assembly . He served many years as head of the Masorti Beth Din in Israel. A prolific writer in both the Israeli and international press, he was a regular columnist for The Jerusalem Post 's "Tradition Today" column. He lived in Jerusalem .