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Our Rabbi — Leonard A. Schoolman

Rabbi Schoolman is the director of   The Center for Religious Inquiry, a unique inter-religious adult education program at Saint Bartholomew's Church. The Center  is based on the premise that there are few opportunities for religious seekers who can study their own and other religious traditions in a safe and non-judgmental environment. 

Rabbi Schoolman serves on the board of the Terezin Chamber Music Foundation, and on the board of the Stimulus Foundation, publishers of Stimulus Books. He is also the president of the New York Chapter of the American Composers Forum. Rabbi Schoolman was the national director of programs for the Union for Reform Judaism for 18 years. He served as Rabbi to congregations in Los Angeles, Miami and St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the administrative editor of The Torah: A Modern Commentary, published by the Union for Reform Judaism. He is also the author of numerous books and articles.

Rabbi Schoolman received his rabbinical education at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. He earned a Bachelor of Hebrew Letters degree and a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters there, and a Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred on him in 1988. Before that, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.