Joshua Davidson
American rabbi
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Joshua M. Davidson is an American rabbi. In 2013 he became rabbi of one of America's preeminent congregations, Congregation Emanu-El of New York.[1]
Davidson is the son of Rabbi Jerome Davidson, the long-serving rabbi of Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York), where Joshua Davidson was born and reared.[2][3] Before moving to Temple Emanu-El, Davidson served as rabbi of Temple Beth-El of Chappaqua, New York.[2] Before Chappaqua, Davidson was assistant rabbi at New York's Central Synagogue.[4]
According to the New York Times, Rabbi Davidson has broken with a longstanding aspect of Temple Emanu-El adherence to the older, Classical expression of Reform Judaism by wearing a kippah and tallit.[4]
