Emanuel Feldman was born on August 26,1927 and is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta, Georgia.
10 Facts About Emanuel Feldman
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Emanuel Feldman is a past vice-president of the Rabbinical Council of America and former editor of Tradition: The Journal of Orthodox Jewish thought published by the RCA.
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Emanuel Feldman is the older brother of Rabbi Aharon Feldman, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Joseph Feldman served as a rabbi in Manchester, New Hampshire in the 1930s, but left that post to assume the helm of Baltimore's Franklin Street Synagogue so his sons could attend a Hebrew day school.
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In 1971 Emanuel Feldman earned his doctorate in religion from Emory University.
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In 1952, Emanuel Feldman assumed his first and only pulpit, that of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta.
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Emanuel Feldman had a mechitza installed for the first night of Selichos.
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When board members dragged their feet about reinstalling it, Emanuel Feldman put his young rabbinate on the line and threatened to quit if it they didn't bring it back.
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Emanuel Feldman serves as editor-in-chief of the landmark Ariel Chumash project, which began publishing its new English translation of Rashi, Targum Onkelos and other commentaries in 1997.
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Emanuel Feldman has written hundreds of articles for magazines such as the Saturday Review and The New Republic.