Jacob Staub

Jacob J. Staub is a rabbi, author and poet. In 1977 he was ordained as a rabbi at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He was Academic Dean of the College from 1989 to 2004, and the editor of the Reconstructionist magazine from 1983 to 1989. In 2009 he was Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Spirituality and Chair of the Department of Medieval Jewish Civilization at the Reconstructionist Rabbinic College. In 1998, he founded at RRC the first program in Jewish Spiritual Direction at a rabbinical seminary, and he continues to direct it. He has written two books on Gersonides' philosophy of creation and Reconstructionist Judaism. He has written essays on Mordecai Kaplan's thought.

Education and early life

Staub received an undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Old Westbury and a doctorate in religion/religious studies from Temple University in 1980.

Bibliography
  • The Creation of the World According to Gersonides (Brown Judaic Studies, 1982)
  • Exploring Judaism, A Reconstructionist Approach (Reconstructionist Press, 2000), with Rebecca T. Alpert
  • Kaplan and Process Theology, Goldsmith, E.S, Scult, M and Seltzer, R.M. (eds.),The American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan, (New York University Press, 1990.)
gollark: > Because smaller groups are shafted by the government.No, the government can't really stop you from forming small organizations and getting equipment and stuff, the issue is that research now requires lots of specialized expensive stuff and lots of people with deep knowledge of subjects together.
gollark: I mean, I think getting something which technically counts as a shelter is possible fairly easily, but not something nice and pleasant like a modern house.
gollark: And most scientific progress is done in bigger groups or organizations now.
gollark: You can't "improve mankind" through scientific research if you do not actually have any of the necessary hardware to do research, and there's rather a lot of it.
gollark: And advanced technology you need for research.

References
    • www.rrc.edu/site/c.iqLPIWOEKrF/b.1778709/k.9A21/Jacob_J_Staub_PhD.htm
    • www.forward.com/authors/jacob-j-staub/


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