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Dr. Mark E.
Washofsky has been a member of the HUC-JIR faculty since 1985, most
recently serving as Professor of Rabbinics, and specializes in the
literature of the Talmud and Jewish law. He received his rabbinical
ordination (1980) and Ph.D. (1987) from HUC-JIR. Dr. Washofsky chairs
the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. His
extensive publications include Jewish Living: A Guide to Contemporary
Reform Practice (URJ Press, 2000), Teshuvot for the Nineties
(with W. Gunther Plaut, CCAR, 1997), and essays and articles on Reform
rabbinic responsa, Jewish bioethics, outreach and conversion, prayer in
the vernacular, abortion, medieval and liberal Halakhah, the right to
die, and AIDS and ethical responsibility, among others.
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![]() Past Scholars: Dr. Ron Wolfson (2009) Rabbi Larry Hoffman (2008) Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell (2007) Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan (2006) Rabbi Naomy Levy (2005) Rabbi Lewis M. Barth (2004) |
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Congregations of Western Washington Endorsed by the Pacific Northwest Council of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) |
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