Jason Klein

For the businessman, see Jason E. Klein.

Rabbi Jason Klein became the first openly gay man chosen to head a national rabbinical association of one of the major Jewish denominations in the United States in 2013, when he was chosen as president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.[1][2] He was also the first Hillel director to hold the presidency, the chief volunteer position of the organization.[3] As of his election as president, Klein was the executive director of Hillel at UMBC, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, a post he held from 2006 until 2013.[4] He will be president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association for two years.[3] As of July 2013 he became the Director of the Center for Jewish Life at JCP Downtown, the Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan.[5]

Klein grew up in East Brunswick and Montclair, both in New Jersey, graduated from Columbia University in 1997, and was ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2002.[4][3]

References

  1. ↑ Gay man chosen to lead U.S. Reconstructionist rabbis - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
  2. ↑ Jason Klein Tapped To Lead Group of Reconstructionist Rabbis
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NJ native to lead rabbinical association | NJJN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Major US Jewish group elects 1st openly gay rabbi | JPost | Israel News
  5. ↑ http://jcpdowntown.org/jewish-resources/meetrabbijason/