07.30.2021 - By Rabbi Richard Address-Jewish Sacred Aging
This week's Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast guest is Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, MA to discuss his experience as a Reform rabbi with roots in the more traditional Sephardi Jewish community.
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About the Guest
Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, LLB., Ph.D.
Rabbi Rifat Sonsino is the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, MA.
Born in Turkey, he received his law degree from the University of Istanbul (Faculty of Law, 1959), his rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Cincinnati, 1966) and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1975) in the field of Bible and ancient Near Eastern Studies. In 1991 the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion bestowed upon him a D.D.
Before coming to Needham, Rabbi Sonsino served congregations in Buenos Aires, Philadelphia and Chicago.