The Louis and Myra Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization,
Chair, Department of Contemporary Jewish Civilization,
Director, Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics
215-576-0800 X253
dteutsch@rrc.edu

A graduate of Harvard University, David Teutsch, Ph.D., received his master of arts in Hebrew letters and rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and earned his doctorate at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where his work focused on organizational ethics. He served as president of RRC from 1993 to 2002, following appointments as executive vice president and dean of admissions.

Teutsch is the editor in chief of the groundbreaking seven-volume Kol Haneshamah prayer book series (Reconstructionist Press, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001) and Imagining the Jewish Future (SUNY Press, 1992). He is the author of Spiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Community and Joy (Jewish Lights, 2005) and the multivolume A Guide to Jewish Practice (RRC Press, 2000 [Kashrut], 2005 [Bioethics], 2005 [Tzedaka], 2006 [Ethics of Speech]). He has written articles and reviews in various Jewish publications. From 1982 to 1986, he served as the executive director of the Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot.

Teutsch is a past president of the Academic Coalition for Jewish Bioethics and is president of the Society of Jewish Ethics. He has served as a member of the Professional Advisory Council of the United Jewish Communities Renaissance Pillar, and as a board member of the National Havurah Committee and of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Teutsch previously was rabbi at Ramat Shalom in Spring Valley, NY; director of program administration for the National Jewish Resource Center (now CLAL); and director of special projects and vice president of the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. He is a well-known organizational consultant and trainer.