Irving Greenberg is known as a strong supporter of Israel, and a promoter of greater understanding between Judaism and Christianity.
15 Facts About Irving Greenberg
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Irving Greenberg attended Yeshiva Beis Yosef, where he was ordained in 1953.
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Irving Greenberg later earned a Master of Arts and PhD in American history from Harvard University.
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Irving Greenberg served as the Jewish chaplain of Brandeis University, the rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center, an associate professor of history at Yeshiva University, and as a founder, chairman, and professor in the department of Jewish studies of the City College of New York.
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Irving Greenberg is currently on the faculty of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.
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Irving Greenberg has served as the President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.
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In 2020, Greenberg joined the faculty of the non-denominational, liberal-leaning Yeshivat Hadar as the Senior Scholar in Residence.
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Irving Greenberg's thought involves reading current Jewish history through use of traditional Jewish categories of thought.
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Irving Greenberg has written extensively about the Holocaust and about the historical and religious significance of the State of Israel.
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Irving Greenberg learned Jewish thought from Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik.
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Irving Greenberg has taught extensively, and a number of well-known scholars, including Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and Michael Berenbaum, consider him their mentor.
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Irving Greenberg espouses the concept of "Tikkun Olam" as humanity working, as co-creator with God, in improving the world.
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Irving Greenberg sees the Jewish people's covenant with God as enjoining them to set an example for the moral edification of mankind.
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Irving Greenberg sees the Holocaust as a seminal event in Jewish history, which should be seen as the "breaking of the covenant" between God and the Jewish People.
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Irving Greenberg is married to the Orthodox Jewish feminist writer Blu Greenberg.