Rabbi Marc D. Angel is Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org), fostering an intellectually vibrant, compassionate and inclusive Orthodox Judaism. He is Rabbi Emeritus of the historic Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City (founded 1654), where he began serving in 1969.
Born and raised in the Sephardic community of Seattle, Washington, he came to New York for his higher education at Yeshiva University where he earned his B.A., M.S., Ph.D. and Rabbinic Ordination. He also earned an M.A. in English Literature from the City College of New York.
Author and editor of 38 books, he has written and lectured extensively on various aspects of Jewish law, history and culture. Among his books are Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism, (Jewish Lights, 2009); a commentary on Pirkei Avot (Koren Books, 2015); The Wisdom of Solomon and Us (Jewish Lights, 2016)); and Sephardim, Sephardism and Jewish Peoplehood (Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2022).
Rabbi Angel is Past President of the Rabbinical Council of America (1990-1992) and co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship. He has served as officer and board member of numerous agencies including the UJA-Federation of New York, and the HealthCare Chaplaincy. He has won awards from many institutions including Yeshiva University, the Orthodox Union, and the New York Board of Rabbis.
Rabbi Angel is married to Gilda Angel. Their children and grandchildren live in New York, Baltimore and Teaneck.
Rabbi Marc D. Angel is Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org), fostering an intellectually vibrant, compassionate and inclusive Orthodox Judaism. He is Rabbi Emeritus of the historic Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City (founded 1654), where he began serving in 1969.
Born and raised in the Sephardic community of Seattle, Washington, he came to New York for his higher education at Yeshiva University where he earned his B.A., M.S., Ph.D. and Rabbinic Ordination. He also earned an M.A. in English Literature from the City College of New York.
Author and editor of 38 books, he has written and lectured extensively on various aspects of Jewish law, history and culture. Among his books are Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism, (Jewish Lights, 2009); a commentary on Pirkei Avot (Koren Books, 2015); The Wisdom of Solomon and Us (Jewish Lights, 2016)); and Sephardim, Sephardism and Jewish Peoplehood (Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2022).
Rabbi Angel is Past President of the Rabbinical Council of America (1990-1992) and co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship. He has served as officer and board member of numerous agencies including the UJA-Federation of New York, and the HealthCare Chaplaincy. He has won awards from many institutions including Yeshiva University, the Orthodox Union, and the New York Board of Rabbis.
Rabbi Angel is married to Gilda Angel. Their children and grandchildren live in New York, Baltimore and Teaneck.
