| Honorific Prefix: | Rabbi |
| Joseph Ehrenkranz | |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | Yeshiva University |
| Occupation: | Rabbi, educator |
| Denomination: | Orthodox Judaism |
| Notable Works: | Interfaith Dialogue: The Theory and the Practice, Religion, Woman and Family |
| Office1: | Rabbi of Congregation Agudath Sholom, Stamford, Connecticut |
| Term Start1: | 1948 |
| Term End1: | 1992 |
| Office2: | Executive Director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, Sacred Heart University |
| Term Start2: | 1992 |
| Term End2: | 2007 |
Joseph Ehrenkranz (May 7, 1926 – February 23, 2014) was an American Orthodox rabbi.[1]
Ehrenkranz was born in Newark, New Jersey on May 7, 1926. He received his ordination at Yeshiva University in 1949. Ehrenkranz was the rabbi emeritus of Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, Connecticut, where, from 1948 until 1992, he served as the congregation's spiritual leader and built it into a large, influential, and dynamic Orthodox community.
From 1992 until his retirement in July 2007, he was the executive director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, of which he was one of the co-founders. He was replaced by Rabbi Eugene Korn. He is known for the prominent role which he has played in Jewish-Catholic dialogue.
Ehrenkranz was the Synagogue Council of America's representative to the United Nations.
On October 14, 2010, he was presented with CCJU's Nostra Aetate Award for "his outstanding contributions to a world at peace". In 2011, he made Aliyah to Israel.
Ehrenkranz was a cousin by marriage and close advisor to politician Joe Lieberman, and his work was praised by Pope John Paul II. Among his grandchildren is the actor Raviv Ullman.[2]
Ehrenkranz died on February 23, 2014, at the age of 87.[1]