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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

Morality in Government

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
April 12, 2018

Categories: Articles, Modern Judaism, Philosophy, Politics
ARTICLE

A Time to Talk and a Time to Balk – The Limits of Jewish Dialogue

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
April 8, 2018

Categories: Denominations, Halakhah, Halakhah, Modern Judaism, Philosophy
ARTICLE

Seder Thoughts 2018

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
March 27, 2018

Categories: Halakhah, Holidays, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Passover
ARTICLE

What is Chasidic Shekhita?

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
August 2, 2017

Categories: Articles, Denominations, Halakhah, Modern Judaism
ARTICLE

How Far Can We Bend Tradition?

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
July 16, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, Halakhah, Modern Judaism, Philosophy
RESPONSA

To report or not to report? There is no question!

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
July 16, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, Halakhah, Modern Judaism

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