Dan Cohn-Sherbok

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox academic Dan Mark Cohn-Sherbok is a rabbi of Reform Judaism and a Jewish theologian.<ref name=Rubinstein>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> He is Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales.<ref name=Byrnes>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early life and education

Born into a Jewish family on February 1, 1945<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in Denver, Colorado, Cohn-Sherbok was the son of Bernard Sherbok, an orthopedic surgeon, and Ruth Sherbok (nee Goldstein).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His family roots were in New York City and Hungary.<ref name=Byrnes /> He graduated from East High School (Denver) and was a student at Williams College, Massachusetts, spending a junior year abroad in Athens, Greece.<ref name=Deacy>Template:Cite web</ref>

Cohn-Sherbok was conceived through sperm donation and artifical insemination at the University of Chicago Medical School. In interviews he has expressed gratitude for his conception and said learning of it in his twenties clarified his strained relationship with his father.<ref name=Deacy /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, he has also described his discovery as "traumatic"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and said that it initially caused confusion about his identity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career

He was ordained a Reform rabbi at the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati.<ref name=Byrnes /> He was a Chaplain of the Colorado House of Representative, and Honorary Colonel Aide-de-Camp of New Mexico.Template:Cn He has served as a rabbi in the United States, England, Australia and South Africa.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was a student at Wolfson College, Cambridge. He received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cambridge in England.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later, he received an honorary doctorate in divinity from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York City. He taught theology at the University of Kent and served as director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, and was Professor of Judaism at the University of Wales. He has served as visiting professor at University of Essex, Middlesex University, St. Andrews University, Durham University, University of Vilnius, Lithuania, Charles University, Prague, York St John University, Trinity University College, St Mary's University, Twickenham, New Saint Andrews College and Honorary Professor at Aberystwyth University.<ref name=Rubinstein /><ref name=Avery>Template:Cite book</ref>

He has been a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and Harris Manchester College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Corresponding Fellow of the Academy of Jewish Philosophy, a visiting research fellow of Heythrop College, University of London, a Life Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge, an Honorary Senior Member of Darwin College, University of Kent, an Associate Member of the SCR Christ Church, Oxford, a Member of the SCR Harris Manchester College, Oxford, President of the London Society for the Study of Religion and Member of the Arts and Humanities Peer Review College. He has also served as a visiting scholar of Mansfield College, Oxford, the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and Sarum College.<ref name=Avery /> He was a finalist of the Times Preacher of the Year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and winner of the Royal Academy Friends design competition. He is a member of the Oxford and Cambridge Club and the Athenaeum.

Controversial views

Cohn-Sherbok has written and lectured on a number of provocative topics that have stirred controversy in the broader Jewish community, including the legitimacy of Messianic Judaism,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> the equal standing of Humanistic Judaism with other Jewish movements,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the purported benefits of Antisemitism, <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and the growing influence of Christian Zionism. <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Personal life

He is married to Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok.

Works

Cohn-Sherbok is the author and editor of over 100 books which have been translated into Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Hebrew, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Japanese, Romanian, Turkish, Persian and German. He has also illustrated 25 books with cartoons and has contributed cartoons to books and magazines. His books include:

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