Rabbi Eckstein founded the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and is recognized as the world’s leading Jewish authority on evangelical Christians. Rabbi Eckstein received Orthodox Rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University in New York and holds master’s degrees from Yeshiva University and Columbia University, where he also completed studies for his doctorate. He currently serves on the executive committee of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel, where he also chaired its Committee on Aliyah and Rescue. Rabbi Eckstein is married to Joelle, lives in Jerusalem, and has three daughters and five grandchildren.