Joseph Ehrenkranz

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Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz is a North American Orthodox rabbi. He received his ordination at Yeshiva University in 1949.

From 1992 until his retirement in July 2007 he was the Executive Director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, of which he was one of the co-founders. He was replaced by Rabbi Eugene Korn. He is known for the prominent role which he has played in Jewish-Catholic dialogue. He currently resides with his wife in Tel Aviv.

Ehrenkranz is the Rabbi Emeritus of the Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, Connecticut where, since 1948, he has served as the Congregations spiritual leader.

He is the Synagogue Council of America's representative to the United Nations.

On October 14, 2010, he was presented with CCJU's prestigious Nostra Aetate Award for "his outstanding contributions to a world at peace."

He is friends with Senator Joe Lieberman, and his work was praised by Pope John Paul II. His grandson is actor Ricky Ullman.

Publications

Interfaith Dialogue: The Theory and the Practice (with Rabbi Eugene Korn)
'Religion, Woman and Family' http://www.qatar-conferences.org/new-dialogue/english/religionwoman.pdf

References

http://www.congregationagudathsholom.org/rabbiehrenkranz.htm
"Congregation Aguath Sholom, Orthodox," The American Synagogue (Greenwood Publishing Group)

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