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Jonah Rank (born 1987) is a Conservative Rabbi, educator, musician, and writer. In 2015, Rank was recognized by the Forward’s Soundtrack of Our Spirit.[1]

Educational and Professional Background

Rank was ordained as a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary (2015), where he also earned a master’s degree in Jewish Thought and won the Alexander Kohut Talmud Prize (2013), the Max Gelb Memorial Prize in Talmud (2015), and the Rabbi Jacob S. Minkin Prize in Jewish Philosophy (2015). He attended Columbia University’s joint program with JTS for his undergraduate education, where he studied music.


In the summers of 2010-2013, Rank worked as a Community Educator at BIMA at Brandeis University.[2] He has taught Hebrew and Rabbinics at the Solomon Schechter of Manhattan.  Between 2016-2019, he served as maskil at Shaar Shalom Synagogue in Halifax Nova Scotia. Beginning in 2019, Rank directs the Shul School at Kehilat HaNahar in New Hope, PA.[3]

Writings and Creative work

Rank is the managing editor of Zeramim: An Online Journal of Applied Jewish Thought.[4]  Rank served as secretary for Mahzor Lev Shalem (New York, NY: Rabbinical Assembly 2010) and Siddur Lev Shalem (New York, NY: Rabbinical Assembly 2015). Rank’s writings have appeared in journals such as Conservative Judaism, Shma, Jewschool, Zeramim, the Journal of Synagogue Music and is a regular contributing writer to general publications, such as JTA and the Times of Israel.[5][6][7][8] An outspoken advocate for gender egalitarianism, Rank has created a number of ritual resources to promote egalitarianism within Jewish liturgy, including a gender-neutral conversion certificate as well as a gender-neutral ketubbah with an accompanying essay and a forthcoming feminine-language siddur (prayer book).[9][10]  He has edited and contributed to Behrman House publications, including an original, liturgical composition for the Hebrew in Harmony series.[11]

A multi-instrumentalist, Rank is also a composer. His music includes both original settings to traditional Jewish liturgy and musical comedy.[12] Notable musical collaborations include Rank’s work with Ghanaian rapper Osekre and his musical accompaniment to dancers Phillip Askew and Lydia Walker.[13][14]  Rank co-founded and co-directed Jewish Eyes on the Arts.[15]

Discography

Loud and Dumb (2006)

Your Favorite Album (2007)

Bootlegs I: Songs for Toddlers on the Human Condition (2011)

I’m Quitting the Music Business (2011)[16]

References

  1. ^ "Jonah Rank". The Forward. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  2. ^ "BIMA Artist Beit Midrash".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Education Director - Kehilat HaNahar". www.kehilathanahar.org. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. ^ "Rabbi Jonah Rank". Zeramim. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  5. ^ Rank, Jonah (2014). ""My Father, The Rabbi": Images of the Pre-Geonic Rabbinate's Paternal Authority". Conservative Judaism. 66 (1): 107–131. doi:10.1353/coj.2014.0019. ISSN 1947-4717.
  6. ^ "Rabbi Jonah Rank, Author at Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  7. ^ "Jonah Rank's Blog". blogs.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  8. ^ Rank, Jonah (Fall 2016). "Playing the Shofar in De-monic: Rashi on the Diabolus in Musica". Journal of Synagogue Music. 41:2: 54–61.
  9. ^ "Gender Neutralizing Ketubbah with Instructions by Jonah Rank and Raysh Weiss • the Open Siddur Project". the Open Siddur Project. 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  10. ^ "תעודת גירות | Certificate of Conversion template for adults (Hebrew-English and gender-neutral), by Rabbi Jonah Rank • the Open Siddur Project". the Open Siddur Project. 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  11. ^ "Hebrew in Harmony Musicians | Behrman House Publishing". www.behrmanhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  12. ^ "Beha'alotekha: Piyyutim | בהעלתך: פיוטים, by Jonah Rank Liturgy". Jonah Rank Liturgy. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  13. ^ "No Turning Back From Here, by Osekre". Osekre. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  14. ^ "Phillip Askew & Lydia Walker - Variations On Surya Namaskara (Music by Jonah Rank)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Jewish Eyes on the Arts".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Jonah Rank | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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