Rabbi Menachem Creditor: About

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Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA Federation of New York and as Senior Lecturer at the Academy for Jewish Religion. An acclaimed author, educator, musician, and activist, he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. With millions of views of his videos and essays, his leadership has helped shape national conversations on gun violence prevention, Zionism, interfaith organizing, LGBTQ inclusion, and Jewish diversity.

Rabbi Creditor has published more than forty books and six albums of original music, including the widely sung anthem Olam Chesed Yibaneh. He is the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence and serves as a clergy coach with Atra: Center for Rabbinic Innovation, supporting rabbis as they navigate their careers and develop their voices. He inspires audiences internationally through presentations that unite Jewish tradition, spiritual imagination, and moral leadership.

Rabbi Creditor lives in New York with his wife, singer Neshama Carlebach, and their family.

Bring Rabbi Creditor to teach in your community!

Rabbi Menachem Creditor is available for speaking engagements on the intersection of ancient Jewish wisdom and urgent contemporary life, including moral leadership, Jewish resilience, Israel and Diaspora identity, Zionism, spiritual creativity, joy as a practice of resistance, post traumatic growth, and the prophetic Jewish voice in public life. His teaching is designed to help audiences think deeply, feel honestly, and act with courage.