Ordained a Rabbi by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1994; in 2019 this institution accorded me the degree of Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa. Following ordination I served congregations on the island of Curacao, in Columbia, Mo, in Bend, Or, and in Yuma, Az.
I received academic degrees from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (B.A. in International Relations and History), New York University (M.A. in History), and Emory University (Ph.D. in U.S. History). I am the author of "U.S. Policy on Jerusalem" (Greenwood Press), "Taming the Beast: Human-Animal encounters in the Bible" (Wipf&Stock Publishers), and of numerous articles on biblical themes in various print and digital publications.
I have taught in several academic institutions, including Ben-Gurion University (Beersheba, Israel), and the University of Missouri (Columbia, MO).
A native of Afula, Israel. A veteran of the IDF.
