David Ellenson
1947 - 2023
General Information
Bio
(1947-2023) Scholar, author. David Ellenson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Full Name
David Ellenson
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1947
BIRTH
David Ellenson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1947.
1977
OTHER
Rabbi Ellenson studied at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion and was ordained in 1977.
1981
OTHER
Rabbi Ellenson received his Ph.D. in religion from Columbia University in 1981.
1989
LITWORK
Tradition in Transition: Orthodoxy. Halakhah and the Boundaries of Modern Jewish Identity
University Press of America
0819174521 / 978-0819174529
Nonfiction.
University Press of America
0819174521 / 978-0819174529
Nonfiction.
1990
LITWORK
Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer and the Creation of a Modern Jewish Orthodoxy
University Alabama Press
0817304851 / 978-0817304850
Nonfiction.
University Alabama Press
0817304851 / 978-0817304850
Nonfiction.
1993
LITWORK
Bits of Honey: Essays for Samson H. Levey
Scholar's Press
1555408508 / 978-1555408503
Collection of essays edited with Stanley Chyet.
Scholar's Press
1555408508 / 978-1555408503
Collection of essays edited with Stanley Chyet.
1994
LITWORK
Between Tradition and Culture: The Dialectics of Jewish Religion and Identity in the Modern World
Scholars Press
0788500155 / 978-0788500152
Nonfiction.
Scholars Press
0788500155 / 978-0788500152
Nonfiction.
2001
OTHER
Rabbi Ellenson was president of Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion for twelve years beginning in 2001.
2004
LITWORK
After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity
Hebrew Union College Press
0878202234 / 978-0878202232
Nonfiction; winner of National Jewish Book Award in 2006.
Hebrew Union College Press
0878202234 / 978-0878202232
Nonfiction; winner of National Jewish Book Award in 2006.
2012
LITWORK
Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa
Stanford University Press
Nonfiction written with Daniel Gordis; nominated for National Jewish Book Award.
Stanford University Press
Nonfiction written with Daniel Gordis; nominated for National Jewish Book Award.
2014
LITWORK
Jewish Meaning in a World of Choice: Studies in Tradition and Modernity
The Jewish Publication Society
0827612141 / 978-0827612143
Nonfiction.
The Jewish Publication Society
0827612141 / 978-0827612143
Nonfiction.
2023
DEATH
David Ellenson died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on December 7, 2023.
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