Ira Stone

IRA STONE is a Conservative rabbi ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1979 and the author of A Responsible Life: The Spiritual Path of Mussar, Reading Levinas/Reading Talmud and Seeking the Path to Life.

Stone holds a BA in Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara and served as rabbi of Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Philadelphia from 1988 to 2015, becoming Rabbi Emeritus upon his retirement. He has taught philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary and modern Jewish thought at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

When not writing, Stone serves as founding director of the Center for Contemporary Mussar, established in 2017, where he leads the contemporary renewal of the Musar movement. His books reflect that sustained engagement with Musar as a living spiritual practice.

Ira lives in Philadelphia.

Ira Stone’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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