Jonathan Hausman
American Conservative rabbi (born 1957)
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Jonathan H. Hausman[1] (born June 19, 1957)[2] is an American Conservative rabbi.
Jonathan Hausman | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 19, 1957 |
| Education | George Washington University (BA, MA) Emory University (JD) |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
He is the rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Stoughton, Massachusetts.
Hausman grew up in the Bridgeport, Connecticut area. He holds a BA in Judaic Studies, and an MA in International Affairs focusing on the Middle East, from the George Washington University, and a JD from Emory University in addition to Rabbinic ordination from Tifereth Israel Rabbinical Yeshiva. He used to be the rabbi of Congregation Sinai of West Haven, Connecticut.[3][4]
Hausman is the model for the title character in author Jacob Appel's first mystery novel, Wedding Wipeout: A Rabbi Kappelmacher Mystery, in which Kappelmacher solves murders though "rabbinic reasoning."[5][6]