Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin

Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin is one of American Judaism’s most-quoted rabbis, described as “courageous,” “always relevant,” and “one of American Judaism’s true public intellectuals.”

His blog, Martini Judaism: for those who want to be shaken and stirred, published by the Religion News Service, has won several national awards for best religion blog of the year.

Rabbi Salkin’s essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Commentary, the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, Mosaic, Forward, and JTA. He has discussed American politics on CNN and the BBC. His books and numerous scholarly essays discuss subjects such as American Jewish identity, the Bible, Israel, gender politics, and Jewish culture. He delivered the keynote on religion and spirituality at the famous Chautauqua Institution.

Rabbi Salkin was one of the first Jews to receive the Doctor of Ministry degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1991. He lives and teaches in southern Florida.