About

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross is the author of A Year with Martin Buber: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion released by the Jewish Publication Society’s Daily Inspiration Series and named a Top Ten Book by the Academy of Parish Clergy. He is author of God in Our Relationships: Spirituality between People from the Teachings of Martin Buber, and When a Lie Is Not a Sin: The Hebrew Bible's Framework for Deciding (Jewish Lights), and All Politics Is Religious: Speaking Faith to the Media, Policy Makers and Community (SkyLight Paths). Rabbi Ross has written for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Forward, and other popular and academic publications.

As a nationally recognized Intentional Interim Rabbi, Rabbi Ross draws from his training as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and experience supporting congregations in transition. He is now at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Bedford, N. Y., and has served synagogues in Hamden, Conn., Manhattan, Chappaqua, Neponsit, Monroe, Lynbrook, and Albany, N. Y., Summit, N. J., Washington, D. C., and Pittsfield and Worcester, Mass. The Central Conference of American Rabbis invited Rabbi Ross to develop and teach an innovative interim service curriculum and, as the only rabbi on the Interim Ministry Network faculty, he provides training and support for clergy in interim pulpits.

Rabbi Ross also devoted more than two decades to directing Concerned Clergy for Choice for Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts.