Eugene Korn


Rabbi Doctor Eugene B. Korn is a lecturer, scholar and educator. He lives in Jerusalem and serves as Academic Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Jerusalem. He is also co-director of its Institute for Theological Inquiry. Korn was the founding editor of Meorot: A Forum for Modern Orthodox Discourse, based at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City.
In 2003 he was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi by Machon Pirchei Shoshanim. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University where he majored in philosophy and mathematics, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Moral Philosophy from Columbia University.
In 2006- 2007 he was Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League. He is known for his criticism of Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.
His research interests include Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish ethics and Jewish Law, Israel, and Philosophy.
In 2009, he was honored by the Catholic-Jewish Commission of Southern New Jersey and the Jewish Community Relations Council with the "Nostra Aetate Award".

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