Rabbi John L. Rosove is rabbi emeritus of Temple Israel of Hollywood. He served as the national chairperson of the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA) (2016-2018) and was national co-chair of the Rabbinic and Cantorial Cabinet of J Street from 2012 to 2016 and again for 2019. He received the World Union for Progressive Judaism International Humanitarian Award (2002) and special commendation from the State of Israel Bonds. In 2013 he was honored by J Street at its fifth anniversary celebration in Los Angeles.

 

He is the author of Why Judaism Matters: Letters of Liberal Rabbi to His Children and the Millennial Generation (2017) and Why Israel and its Future Matter: Letters of a Liberal Rabbi to His Children and the Millennial Generation, which is being published in 2019. He also writes a regular blog that appears on the Times of Israel Blog and his own blog, rabbijohnrosove.wordpress.com. He is the co-editor of Deepening the Dialogue: Jewish-Americans and Israelis Envisioning the Jewish-Democratic State, published by CCAR Press in 2019.