Eugene Korn
Rabbi Doctor Eugene B. Korn is a lecturer, scholar and educator. He lives in Jerusalem and serves as Academic Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Jerusalem. He is also co-director of its Institute for Theological Inquiry. Korn was the founding editor of Meorot: A Forum for Modern Orthodox Discourse, based at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City.
In 2003 he was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi by Machon Pirchei Shoshanim. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University where he majored in philosophy and mathematics, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Moral Philosophy from Columbia University.
In 2006- 2007 he was Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League. He is known for his criticism of Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.
His research interests include Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish ethics and Jewish Law, Israel, and Philosophy.
In 2009, he was honored by the Catholic-Jewish Commission of Southern New Jersey and the Jewish Community Relations Council with the "Nostra Aetate Award".Works
- "Two Faiths, One Covenant?
- "End of Exile--Israel, the Jews and the Gentile World, by James Parkes"
- "The Jewish Connection to Israel, the Promised Land: A Brief Introduction for Christians"
- "Jewish Theology and World Religions"
- "Rethinking Christianity: Rabbinic Positions and Possibilities" in "Jewish Theology and World Religions"
- "Covenant and Hope--Christian and Jewish Reflections"
- "Christianity in the Eyes of Judaism"
- "Plowshares into Swords? Reflections on Religion and Violence"
- "RETURNING TO ZION: CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH PERSPECTIVES"
- Edah Journal 5:2 2006
- Tradition 31, 2, 5-30
- "Extra Synagogum Nulla Salus?" in "Religious Perspectives on Religious Diversity"
- "The Name of God is Peace" in "Violence in Civil Society: Monotheism Guilty?
- "Idolatry and the Covenantal Pluralism of Irving Greenberg" in "A Torah Giant: The Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Dr. Irving Greenberg
- "The Covenant and its Theology" in 'Meorot 9
