Eugene Korn Explained
Rabbi Doctor Eugene B. Korn (born 1947) is a lecturer, scholar and educator. He lives in Jerusalem and was formerly Academic Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem. He was also co-director of its Institute for Theological Inquiry. Korn was the founding editor of Meorot: A Forum for Modern Orthodox Discourse (successor to The Edah Journal, which he also edited), based at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City.[1]
In 2003 he was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi by Machon Pirchei Shoshanim (Israel). He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University where he majored in philosophy and mathematics, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Moral Philosophy from Columbia University.[2]
In 2003-2005 he was Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League.
His research interests include Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish ethics and Jewish Law (Halakha), Israel, and Philosophy.
In 2009, he was honored by the Catholic-Jewish Commission of Southern New Jersey and the Jewish Community Relations Council with the "Nostra Aetate Award".[3]
In December 2015, Korn helped draft the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity entitled "".[4]
His most recent books are "To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values" (Urim Publications/KTAV Publishing House, 2021) and "Israel and the Nations: The Bible, The Rabbis, and Jewish-Gentile Relations" (Academic Studies Press, 2023). His writings has been translated into Hebrew, Italian, German and Spanish.
Works
- "Israel and the Nations: The Bible, the Rabbis, and Jewish-Gentile Relations" (Academic Studies Press, 2023)
- "Two Faiths, One Covenant?" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005)
- "End of Exile--Israel, the Jews, and the Gentile World, by James Parkes" (editor) (Micah, 2005)
- "The Jewish Connection to Israel, the Promised Land: A Brief Introduction for Christians" (Jewish Lights, 2008)
- "Jewish Theology and World Religions" (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2012)
- "To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values" (Urim Publications, 2021)
- "Rethinking Christianity: Rabbinic Positions and Possibilities" in "Jewish Theology and World Religions" (Littman, 2012)
- "Covenant and Hope--Christian and Jewish Reflections" (Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, Eerdmans, 2012)
- "Christianity in the Eyes of Judaism" [Hebrew] (American Jewish Committee, 2014)
- "Plowshares into Swords? Reflections on Religion and Violence" (Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, 2014) (Kindle Edition)
- "RETURNING TO ZION: CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH PERSPECTIVES" (Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, 2015) (Kindle Edition)
- "FROM CONFRONTATION TO COVENANTAL PARTNERSHIP" (Urim, Publications 2020)
- "Moralization in Jewish Law: Genocide, Divine Commands, and Rabbinic Reasoning" Edah Journal 5:2 2006
- "Tzelem Elokim and the Dialectic of Jewish Morality" Tradition 31, 2 (Spring 1997), 5-30
- "Extra Synagogum Nulla Salus?" in "Religious Perspectives on Religious Diversity" (Brill, 2017)
- "The Name of God is Peace" in "Violence in Civil Society: Monotheism Guilty?" (Georg Olms Verlag, 2013)
- "Idolatry and the Covenantal Pluralism of Irving Greenberg" in "A Torah Giant: The Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Dr. Irving Greenberg (Urim, 2017)
- "The Covenant and its Theology" in 'Meorot 9 (YCT, 2011)
- "Israel as Blessing" in "Judaism's Challenge: Election, Divine Love and Human Enmity" (Academic Studies Press, 2020)
- "How Like a God" in "Hokhma Lishlomo: Essays in Honor of Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin" (Maggid 2021)
- "The Man of Faith and Religious Dialogue: Revisiting Confrontation" in Modern Judaism (2005)
- "The Open Torah of Maimonides," in "Black Fire on White Fire" (KTAV, 2016)
Notes and References
- Book: Goshen-Gottstein . Alon . Korn . Eugene . Jewish Theology and World Religions . Littman Library . April 5, 2012 . 978-1-906764-09-8.
- Rosen, Jane Calem. "Local rabbi new head of interfaith center", New Jersey Jewish Standard, August 9, 2007. Accessed July 13, 2012. "As commutes go, his daily trip to and from his home in Bergenfield to his job in Fairfield, Conn. isn't too bad, said Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn, the new executive director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University."
- https://archive.today/20120802202812/http://www.jewishvoicesnj.org/news/2009/0520/home/001.html Catholic-Jewish Commission & JCRC honor Cardinal Keeler & Rabbi Korn
- Web site: YUDELSON . LARRY . Orthodox rabbis: Christianity is part of God's plan . . 17 October 2020 . 17 December 2015.
