Rabbi Aryeh Cohen
Rabbi Aryeh Cohen is a professor of rabbinic studies at American Jewish University, since 1995.
Moreover he serves as Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, rabbi in residence at Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Southern California, and immediate past co-chair of the board of directors of CLUE (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice).
As a professor at the American Jewish University, Rabbi Aryeh Cohen teaches all things Rabbinic Literature (Mishnah, Talmud, midrash) and social justice. He was ordained as a rabbi in 2010 by this university.
Rabbi Aryeh Cohen studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and obtained a BA in Philosophy and Jewish Thought. Moreover, he finished his post-doctoral studies at the Brandeis University, from which he received his Ph.D.
Rabbi Aryeh Cohen is a founder and member of the Shtibl Minyan. Furthermore, he is the author of Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism. Besides his job as a professor, he serves as a social justice activist, a rabbi and a lecturer.
What’s more, Rabbi Aryeh Cohen has a weekly Talmud podcast called Daf Shvu’i/Weekly Daf: Give me 40 minutes or so and I’ll give you a daf or so.
Work Experience
The Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University, Professor of Rabbinic Literature, Jan 1995 ~ Present
As a Professor of Rabbinic Literature at The Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University, Rabbi Aryeh Cohen teaches all things Rabbinic Literature (Mishnah, Talmud, midrash) and social justice. He was ordained as a rabbi in 2010 by this university.
