Joseph Telushkin

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Joseph Telushkin
Born 1948
Occupation Rabbi, Writer, Lecturer
Genres Judaism

www.josephtelushkin.com

Joseph Telushkin (born 1948) is an American rabbi, lecturer, and author.

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Biography [edit]

Telushkin attended the Yeshiva of Flatbush, was ordained at Yeshiva University, and studied Jewish history at Columbia University.

Telushkin serves as a rabbi for the Los Angeles-based Synagogue for the Performing Arts founded in 1972 by Rabbi Jerome Cutler. He is an associate of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. He is a former director of education at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute. Telushkin is also a Senior Associate with CLAL (The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership), and is a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Book Council. He was a major force behind 1996 Senate Resolution 151, establishing a "National Speak No Evil Day" in the United States.

Telushkin's book, Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History, is one of the best-selling books on Judaism of the past two decades.[citation needed] The first volume of A Code of Jewish Ethics, entitled A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall be Holy, which Telushkin regards as his major life's work, was published in 2006. The second volume, entitled, A Code of Jewish Ethics: Love Your Neighbor, was released in 2009.

Telushkin tours the United States as a lecturer on Jewish topics.

Works [edit]

  • A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1: You Shall be Holy
  • A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 2: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
  • Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History
  • The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living
  • Words that Hurt, Words that Heal: How to Use Words Wisely and Well
  • Jewish Humor: What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews
  • Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible
  • Jewish Wisdom: Ethical, Spiritual, and Historical Lessons from the Great Works and Thinkers
  • The Ten Commandments of Character: Essential Advice for Living an Honorable, Ethical, Honest Life
  • The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Immigration to America
  • Rabbi Daniel Winter mystery series, comprising:
    • The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Wahl (also published as The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Moss)
    • The Final Analysis of Dr. Stark
    • An Eye for An Eye
  • The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism (with Dennis Prager)
  • Why the Jews: The Reason for Antisemitism (with Dennis Prager)
  • Heaven's Witness (with Allen Estrin)
  • The Quarrel [1]
  • The Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One?, by Erica Brown, Misha Galperin, and Joseph Telushkin, 2009
  • Hillel: If Not Now, When?

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