Joshua Kulp
{{Short description|Israeli Talmudic scholar}}
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Rabbi Joshua Kulp ({{Langx|he|יושע קופל}}; born July 16, 1970) is an American-Israeli Talmudic scholar.
Early life and education
Kulp was born on July 16, 1970, in the United States and grew up in Margate, New Jersey.{{cite web |last1=Ahren |first1=Raphael |title=Ah, So That's Why We Suffer |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5028402 |date =March 27, 2009|website=Haaretz |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=en}} He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and his PhD in Talmud at Bar-Ilan University.{{cite web |title=Joshua Kulp |url=https://www.sefaria.org/topics/joshua-kulp?tab=sources |website =Sefaria |access-date=1 April 2022}} In 2023, Kulp received semikhah from Hadar as a member of Hadar's first cohort of rabbinical students.{{Cite instagram |user=hadarinstitute |postid=CteMjJNsGJ9 |title=Meet Joshua Kulp, one of the 12 talented rabbis we are excited to celebrate in just a few weeks on the 26th of June, as Hadar ordains its first-ever cohort of rabbis |date=14 June 2023}}
Career
Kulp is especially known for his commentary on the Haggadah.{{cite news |date=27 March 2009 |title=Ah, so that's why we suffer |author=Raphael Ahren |work=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/ah-so-that-s-why-we-suffer-1.273025 |accessdate=2 February 2014}}{{cite web|last=Harris |first=Ben |url=http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=11397 |title=The new traditional Haggadah |publisher=The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle |date=2009-04-02 |accessdate=2012-05-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213231519/http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=11397 |archivedate=2012-02-13 }}{{cite news |author=Dr. Ruchama Weiss |author2=Rabbi Levi Brackman |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3689578,00.html |title=Schechter Haggadah sheds historical light on ancient ritual |publisher=Ynetnews |date=20 March 2009 |accessdate=2012-05-05}}
Kulp was one of the founders of the Conservative Yeshiva, where he is ({{as of |lc=yes|2022}}) a faculty member and senior scholar.{{cite web |title=Our team |url=https://fuchsbergcenter.org/our-team/ |website=Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center |access-date=1 April 2022 |date=27 May 2021}} He also coordinates the online Mishnah Yomit{{cite web|url=https://fuchsbergcenter.org/mishnah-yomit/ |title=Mishnah Yomit |website=Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center |accessdate=2024-12-25 }} and Daf Shevui{{cite web|url=https://fuchsbergcenter.org/daf-shevui-talmud/ |title=Daf Shevui |website=Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center |accessdate=2024-12-25 }} projects through the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center,Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center the congregational organization for Conservative Judaism.
Personal life
He has two daughters (Zoey and Rakia) and two sons (Yadin and Anan) and lives in Modi'in as of 2023.
Books
- The Schechter Haggadah, 2009{{cite web|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1238562888219&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=Israel News |publisher=Fr.jpost.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-05}}{{dead link|date=February 2014}}
- Reconstructing the Talmud, Mechon Hadar, 2014{{cite web |url=http://www.mechonhadar.org/publications/reconstructing-the-talmud |title=Reconstructing the Talmud|date=October 15, 2014 }}
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Category:Israeli Conservative rabbis
Category:Israeli people of American-Jewish descent
Category:Jewish American non-fiction writers
Category:People from Margate City, New Jersey