Rifat Sonsino

Rabbi Rifat Sonsino earned his law degree from the University of Istanbul, his rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, Massachusetts and a faculty member of the Department of Theology at Boston College. Rabbi Sonsino has served congregations in Buenos Aires, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He is the author of numerous articles and books, and has...See more

Rabbi Rifat Sonsino earned his law degree from the University of Istanbul, his rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, Massachusetts and a faculty member of the Department of Theology at Boston College. Rabbi Sonsino has served congregations in Buenos Aires, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He is the author of numerous articles and books, and has chaired various committees both regionally and nationally. He is a past editor of the Central Conference of American Rabbis' Journal (today, The Reform Jewish Quarterly). See less