Gordon Tucker

Gordon Tucker is a prominent rabbi, with a reputation as both a political and a theological liberal in Conservative Judaism. He currently has a position as senior rabbi of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York.

Read more about Gordon Tucker:  Education and Career, Tucker's Philosophy of Conservative Judaism, Tucker's Proposed Takkanah On Homosexuality, Translation and Commentary On Heschel, Family Life

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