Rabbi David Wolpe

RABBI DAVID WOLPE is an American rabbi, author, and educator who served as Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles for 26 years and is the author of eight books, including Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times and David: The Divided Heart.

Wolpe has been named the most influential rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post. Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1987, he has taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the American Jewish University, Hunter College, and UCLA. David: The Divided Heart was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards.

When he’s not writing, Wolpe serves as Max Webb Rabbi Emeritus of Sinai Temple, Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School, and inaugural rabbinic fellow at the Anti-Defamation League.

Rabbi David Wolpe’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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