Joseph Telushkin

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, spiritual leader and scholar, is the acclaimed author of many nonfiction books, including The Book of Jewish Values, The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Immigration to America, and Jewish Literacy, the most widely read book on Judaism of the past two decades. He is a senior associate of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, serves on the board of the Jewish Book Council, and is the rabbi of the Los Angeles–based Synagogue for the Performing Arts. He lives with his family in New York City and lectures regularly throughout the United States.