David Wolpe

David Wolpe is the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple and a Scholar in Residence at the Maimonides Fund. Author of eight books, including the national bestseller “Making Loss Matter, Creating Meaning in Difficult Times,” Wolpe has been named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek, among the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post and and twice named among the 50 most influential Angelinos by LA Magazine. Rabbi Wolpe has taught at Harvard, UCLA, Hunter college and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has written for The NY Times, the Wall Street journal, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Jerusalem Post among many other newspapers and journals. His resignation from the antisemitism advisory committee at Harvard gained international attention. Wolpe’s most recent book, “David: The Divided Heart,” a biography of King David, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book award and optioned for a movie by Warner Brothers.