Rabbi Dr. Tzemah Yoreh

Rabbi Dr. Tzemah Yoreh is one of the intellectual leaders of Jewish humanism and the head of the City Congregation in New York city. He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he obtained his Ph.D. in biblical criticism in 2004. He earned a second Ph.D. in Ancient Wisdom Literature from the University of Toronto for the joy of studying ancient text. As a community leader on the spectrum, he is a passionate advocate for the inclusion of the neuro-atypical in the Jewish community and beyond. Among his most popular books are So Compassionate it Hurts: My Life as a Rabbi on the Spectrum, and Why Abraham Murdered Isaac, The First Stories of the Bible Revealed.