David E. Stern

Rabbi Stern graduated with high honors from Dartmouth College, earned his M. A. in Jewish education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education at HUC-JIR Los Angeles, California in 1988, and was ordained from HUC in 1989.[http://huc.edu/newspubs/pressroom/07/7/stern.shtml Rabbi David E. Stern Endowed Scholarship Established at HUC-JIR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110220016/http://www.huc.edu/newspubs/pressroom/07/7/stern.shtml |date=2007-11-10 }} Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

Rabbi Stern was the 2017-2019 President of CCAR,{{Cite web|title=Past Presidents Council|url=https://www.ccarnet.org/past-presidents-council/|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Central Conference of American Rabbis|language=en-US}} the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and is known for his efforts on social justice. He is the vice-chair of the Union for Reform Judaism's Joint Commission on Social Action and Chair of the Commission's Task Force on Economic Justice.{{cite web|url=http://huc.edu/newspubs/pressroom/07/7/stern.shtml |title=Archived copy |accessdate=January 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110220016/http://www.huc.edu/newspubs/pressroom/07/7/stern.shtml |archivedate=November 10, 2007 }} HUC-JIR Article on Rabbi Stern He has been a fierce advocate in leading Temple Emanu-El and the Jewish community on issues such as Darfur[http://www.tedallas.org/socialjustice/dollsfordarfur/sterncolum.html] Stern column on Darfur including the creation of the Dolls for Darfur program and visiting Sudanese Refugees in Chad.{{cite web |url=http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1148 |title=Reform Judaism Magazine - on the Edge of Life |accessdate=2008-01-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005062240/http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1148 |archivedate=2007-10-05 }} On the Edge of Life[http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2005/11/urjbiennial_the_1.html] Velveteen Rabbi's Blog He is also the past chair of both the Dallas Faith Communities Coalition, the Children's Advisory Board of the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center,[http://www.dcac.org/pages/advisory_council.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723205934/http://www.dcac.org/pages/advisory_council.aspx|date=2008-07-23}} Dallas Children's Advocacy Center Advisory Board and the Rabbinic Association of Greater Dallas. Rabbi Stern serves on the boards of both CHAI (Community Homes for Adults, Inc.)[http://www.chaidallas.org/pages/board.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704181405/http://www.chaidallas.org/pages/board.html|date=2008-07-04}} CHAI Board and the Dallas Jewish Coalition for the Homeless.[http://www.tedallas.org/aboutus/rabbisandcantor/index.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114160033/http://www.tedallas.org/aboutus/rabbisandcantor/index.html|date=2006-11-14}} Temple Emanu-El Biography He is also associated with the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East,[http://www.nili-mideastpeace.org] National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East website contains the Appeal listing Rabbi Stern. and was a signatory on the group's February 28, 2006 National Interreligious Leadership Delegation for Peace in the Middle East Appeal to the President [George W. Bush] to Make Israeli-Palestinian Peace a Priority of U.S. Policy.[http://www.nili-mideastpeace.org/downloads/2006_02AppealToPresident.pdf] National Interreligious Leadership Delegation for Peace in the Middle East Appeal to the President [George W. Bush] to Make Israeli-Palestinian Peace a Priority of U.S. Policy.

Rabbi Stern is also widely regarded for his sermons and adult education. He led at $17.5 million Endowment Campaign in 2002-2003.[http://urj.org/inside/0310/0310_2/]{{Dead link|date=July 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} URJ Inside Leadership article Temple Emanu-El established the Rabbi David E. Stern Endowed Scholarship in April 2007 in honor of his 18th year as a rabbi and 18th year at Temple Emanu-El. (The number 18 holds significant value in Judaism).

Rabbi Stern is on the editorial board for the CCAR Journal, the journal for the Central Conference of American Rabbis,[http://ccarnet.org/publications/journal/masthead] CCAR Journal masthead and also chairs the Governance Task Force of the CCAR. He is on the prestigious HUC-JIR's President's Rabbinic Council.

In March 2017, Rabbi Stern was installed as President of CCAR, the third generation of his family to hold that office.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2017/03/20/news-opinion/united-states/david-stern-becomes-third-generation-president-of-reform-rabbinical-group|title=David Stern becomes third-generation president of Reform rabbinical group|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=20 March 2017 |access-date=2017-08-26}}

Rabbi Stern is the son of Rabbi Jack Stern, the longtime former rabbi of Westchester Reform Temple[http://www.wrtemple.org/dnn/Community/Leadership/Clergy/RabbiJackStern/tabid/262/Default.aspx] Rabbi Jack Stern Bio at Westchester Reform Temple and the poet Priscilla Rudin Stern[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/15/classified/paid-notice-deaths-stern-priscilla.html] The New York Times paid obituary for Priscilla Rudin Stern (who is the daughter of Rabbi Jacob Philip Rudin, the longtime Rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Great Neck, New York[http://www.tbegreatneck.org/RabbiRudin.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209102957/http://www.tbegreatneck.org/RabbiRudin.htm|date=2007-12-09}} Temple Beth El website biography). He is married to Rabbi Nancy Kasten and has three children.

• History of the Jews in Dallas, Texas

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• [http://www.tedallas.org/aboutus/rabbisandcantor/index.html Biography of Rabbi David Stern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114160033/http://www.tedallas.org/aboutus/rabbisandcantor/index.html |date=2006-11-14 }}
• [http://www.tedallas.org Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, Texas website]
• [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/DN-relconnect_23met.ART.North.Edition1.3e8d47a.html Dallas: Congregation continues a holiday tradition with meal]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113113211/http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2007/10/10/News/Dallas.Darfur.Program.Kicks.Off.At.Smu-3023446.shtml Dallas Dafur Program Kicks Off]
• [http://www.tedallas.org/socialjustice/dollsfordarfur/sterncolum.html Dollars for Dafur]
• [http://ccarnet.org/publications/journal/winter05/ Shavuot/Yizkor 5763] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430151745/http://ccarnet.org/publications/journal/winter05/ |date=2009-04-30 }}
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=vc_1JdfS5lwC&pg=PR11&dq=rabbi+david+e.+stern+texas+dallas&sig=jGaX-1J1z-2mOOih1G0a0YAaAfE#PPA1,M1 Zakhor: Memory as Imperative by David E. Stern]
• [http://www.nili-mideastpeace.org NILI: National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East]
• [http://www.nili-mideastpeace.org/downloads/2006_02AppealToPresident.pdf National Interreligious Leadership Delegation for Peace in the Middle East Appeal to the President [George W. Bush] to Make Israeli-Palestinian Peace a Priority of U.S. Policy.]

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