History
Over the years he has attained a number of key educational and Jewish communal position in the Orthodox establishment that has enabled him to propound his world view, in a style similar to Modern Orthodox Judaism's Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and Dennis Prager, two popular writers and talk show hosts.
Adlerstein served in an advisory and honorary position as one the founding trusteees of the Association for Jewish Outreach Programs (AJOP, known at the time as The Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals) delivering lectures and workshops to Orthodox Jewish outreach rabbis entering into this new field of which he was, and still is, considered a leading exponent and pioneer.
Adlerstein studied and received his advanced rabbinical ordination (Yoreh Yoreh Yadin Yadin) from the Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim (Rabbinical Seminary of America) in New York, an institution that stresses the importance of Jewish outreach. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Queens College, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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