Hayyim

Jeffrey V.

Angel

Rabbi Hayyim Angel is the National Scholar of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org). He has taught advanced Bible courses to undergraduate, graduate, and rabbinical students at since 1996. He also lectures widely in synagogues and schools throughout North America, and consults with yeshivot worldwide to improve their Tanakh curricula.

He has authored or edited twenty books, and has published over 150 scholarly articles, primarily in Bible. Rabbi Angel’s scholarship focuses on the interaction between traditional and academic approaches to Bible study. He is editor of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. He also serves on the editorial boards of Tradition and Megadim.

Rabbi Angel previously served as Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City (1995-2013), and as Rabbinic Scholar at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York (2014-2017). He received his B.A. in Jewish studies Summa cum Laude from Yeshiva College, his M.A. in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School, his M.S. in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, and his Rabbinical Ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of . He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey with his wife and four children.