Rabbi Irwin Kula
Rabbi Irwin Kula is the president of the CLAL the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and Co-founder and Editor In Chief of TheWisdomDaily.com.
An internationally sought–after speaker, Rabbi Irwin Kula has inspired people worldwide using Jewish wisdom to live with a greater sense of purpose and virtue, hope and love. An engaged and thoughtful trader in the global marketplace of ideas, he led a Passover Seder in Bhutan; consulted with government officials in Rwanda; helped build cultural and interfaith bridges in Qatar; and met with leaders as diverse as the Dalai Lama and Queen Noor to discuss compassionate leadership in the 21st century. Across the U.S., he works with religious, business and community leaders, corporate and family foundations, and religious and philanthropic institutions to promote ethical leadership and institutional change.
For all this and more, Rabbi Kula received the 2008 Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award for his work "toward equality, liberty and a truly inter–religious community." Fast Company magazine and Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (PBS) both named him one of the leaders shaping the American spiritual landscape, and he has been listed in Newsweek for many years as one of America's "Most Influential Rabbis." He is the author of several books including the award winning Yearnings Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life. A sought after media commentator on culture, politics, and spirituality he hosted the public television special, "The Hidden Wisdom of Our Yearnings” and wrote and was featured in the documentary film Time for a New God (2004).
An internationally sought–after speaker, Rabbi Irwin Kula has inspired people worldwide using Jewish wisdom to live with a greater sense of purpose and virtue, hope and love. An engaged and thoughtful trader in the global marketplace of ideas, he led a Passover Seder in Bhutan; consulted with government officials in Rwanda; helped build cultural and interfaith bridges in Qatar; and met with leaders as diverse as the Dalai Lama and Queen Noor to discuss compassionate leadership in the 21st century. Across the U.S., he works with religious, business and community leaders, corporate and family foundations, and religious and philanthropic institutions to promote ethical leadership and institutional change.
For all this and more, Rabbi Kula received the 2008 Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award for his work "toward equality, liberty and a truly inter–religious community." Fast Company magazine and Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (PBS) both named him one of the leaders shaping the American spiritual landscape, and he has been listed in Newsweek for many years as one of America's "Most Influential Rabbis." He is the author of several books including the award winning Yearnings Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life. A sought after media commentator on culture, politics, and spirituality he hosted the public television special, "The Hidden Wisdom of Our Yearnings” and wrote and was featured in the documentary film Time for a New God (2004).
