KKL-JNF Rabbi Gideon Shloush

Rabbi Gideon Shloush is an emotional and passionate public speaker who knows how to captivate and inspire his audience. He is the Director of the Department of Jewish Heritage at Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael in Jerusalem. Previously, he served for 25 years as the rabbi of Congregation Adereth El in the Murray Hill – Gramercy Park section of Manhattan. For nearly two decades Rabbi Shloush taught at Stern College for Women and trained rabbis at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He sits on the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and is a past President of the New York Board of Rabbis - the largest interdenominational rabbinic body in the world.