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Rabbi Alan J Yuter

Educated and first ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Rabbi Alan J. Yuter earned additional ordinations from Yeshiva University, supervised by Rav Moshe D. Tendler, and the Israeli Chief Rav Mordecai Eliahu. He further received Yadin Yadin from Rav David Weiss Halivni and earned a PhD in modern Hebrew Literature from New York University.

A founding member of the UTJ, Rabbi Yuter served as a faculty member at the UTJ’s rabbinical school and has held multiple pulpits, including extended stints in Springfield, NJ, and Baltimore, MD.

Rabbi Yuter is a prolific writer on ritual and philosophical issues, underpinnings of halakha, Biblical criticism, and much more. His essays can be found on UTJ’s Viewpoints . He is also a frequent contributor for The Institute of Jewish Ideas and Ideals.

Rabbi Yuter and his wife Linda reside in Israel.

ARTICLE (Reprinted from Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals)

The Abortion Rhetoric Within Orthodox Judaism: Consensus, Conviction, Covenant

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
August 5, 2020

Categories: Abortion, Halakhah, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Women's Forum
RESPONSA

Relying on a Problematic ‘Eruv

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
July 21, 2020

Categories: Coronavirus, Halakhah, Halakhah, Shabbat
RESPONSA

Informing the Civil Authorities of Coronavirus Lockdown Non-Compliance

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
April 21, 2020

Categories: Coronavirus, Halakhah, Halakhah, Modern Judaism
RESPONSA

Does Someone Whose Relative Died Have to Wash Hands Before Burial?

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
March 2, 2020

Categories: Halakhah, Life Cycle
RESPONSA

Kaddish for a Parent – 11 Months or 12?

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter and Rabbi Noah Gradofsky
December 5, 2019

Categories: Halakhah, Life Cycle, Tefillah
ARTICLE

Personal Conscience and Community Practice in Orthodoxy

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
December 5, 2019

Categories: Denominations, Halakhah, Halakhah, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Philosophy

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