John Rosove Email & Phone Number

Rabbi John L. Rosove is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Israel of Hollywood in Los Angeles where he served as Senior Rabbi from 1988 to 2019. He is a national co-Chair of the Rabbinic and Cantorial Cabinet of J Street, a past National Chairman of the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA) representing 1.5 million Reform Jews and served on the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on the Board of the World Zionist Organization and the Board of The Jewish Agency for Israel. He is a member of the International Advisory Council for the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (AIC).John has authored 3 books:From the West to the East – A Memoir of a Liberal American Rabbi – now available on Amazon (August 2024)Why Israel and its Future Matters – Letters of a Liberal Rabbi to the Next GenerationA new Foreword written after October 7, 2023.Why Judaism Matters – Letters of a Liberal Rabbi to his Children and the Millennial GenerationDeepening the Dialogue – Jewish-Americans and Israelis Envisioning the Jewish-Democratic State, in English and Hebrew. (co-editor)John translated and edited the Hebrew biography of his Great-granduncle – Avraham Shapira – Veteran of the Haganah and Hebrew Guard by Getzel Kressel. The translation was privately published (2021).John also translated and edited a book of Hebrew poetry, letters and writings by his Israeli cousin Michael Shapira (1933-1952) called In the Prime of his Days with an Introduction by Hebrew University Professor Yosef Yoel Rivlin, Michael’s cousin and the father of the former President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin (published by Michael’s parents, Devorah and Yitzchak-Tzvi Shapira of Petach Tikvah, 1953). The volume was given to John by Michael’s parents in 1973. The translation was privately published (2022).John graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the UC Berkeley (1972), a Masters in Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Los Angeles (1976), Rabbinic Ordination from HUC-JIR in New York (1979), and a Doctor of Divinity Degree from HUC-JIR (2004).John was the 2002 Recipient of the World Union for Progressive Judaism International Humanitarian Award and has received special commendation from the State of Israel Bonds. In 2013 he was honored by J Street at its Fifth Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles.John is married to Barbara. They are the parents of two sons – Daniel and David. Daniel is married to Marina. John and Barbara have two grandchildren and live in Los Angeles.