Jonathan Rosenblatt - Biography

Jonathan Rosenblatt is an American Rabbi.

Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the great-grandson of Yossele Rosenblatt. Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt earned the BA and an MA from the Johns Hopkins University in Comparative Literature. He has a PhD from Columbia University in the field of Modern British Literature, specifically Ulysses by James Joyce. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion and was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University in 1982. He is married to an attorney, Tzipporah Rosenblatt, daughter of Isadore Twersky. They have four children: Yehudah, Tonya, Shmuel and Rivka.

Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is the rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center in the Riverdale neighborhood of New York City. Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is often invited to speak at clergy conferences on building spiritual values and a feeling of community in congregations.

Rabbi Dr. Rosenblatt is known for his work in bridging the gaps that divide Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and secular Jews, for actively supporting the Oslo peace process in the Middle East He is widely quoted on topics of concern to the Jewish community.