is a best-sell­ing author and speak­er. He has appeared on CNN Show­biz Tonight and NPR, and has been pro­filed in lead­ing pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing The New York Times, The Mia­mi Her­ald and The Lon­don Guardian.He is a con­trib­u­tor to The Jerusalem Post, The Roy­al Shake­speare Com­pa­ny, Condé Nast and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. He chairs the Reli­gious Affairs Com­mit­tee at Pratt Insti­tute. He was recent­ly vot­ed, New York’s Hippest Rab­bi, by PBS Chan­nel 13.