Rabbi Ben Greenberg is the Orthodox Jewish Chaplain of Harvard University, Director of The Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Harvard and the Orthodox Rabbi of Harvard Hillel.
He received his BA in Psychology from The Lander College for Men and his rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) Rabbinical School. Prior to working at Harvard, Rabbi Greenberg has served synagogues in Teaneck, New Jersey and Riverdale, New York. He has held fellowships with organizations such as The HealthCare Chaplaincy, The Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and CLAL. He also completed a 400-hour rotation in hospital chaplaincy at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center in Manhattan working in the neurological critical care unit.
In his three years at Harvard, Rabbi Greenberg (or "Rav Ben" as he is affectionately known by his students) has brought a new energy and passion for Jewish life and learning to the students, faculty and community members of the university. He has taught throughout the campus including delivering successful lunch and learn series at the Law School and Medical School. He learns with dozens of individual students weekly in personal one-to-one sessions and his Shabbat table is always full with undergraduates, graduate students and community members from across Cambridge. Additionally, Rabbi Greenberg has had the privilege to officiate at weddings, bris milah, pidyon haben and baby naming ceremonies for people throughout the community as well as be present and guide people through the difficult periods of death and mourning. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Harvard Chaplains and is the Vice President for Chaplain Programming and assisted in creating the pivotal campus event, The Congress on the Future of Faith at Harvard.
Rabbi Greenberg has taught throughout the Boston area including for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts and LimmudBoston and has also presented at synagogues, community centers and summer campus throughout North America. He is the author of two books, Covenantal Promise and Destiny: Wisdom for Life (Lulu, 2010) and Twitter Torah (Lulu, 2009) as well as numerous popular and scholarly articles for online and print media.
He is originally from La Jolla, California and now lives with his wife Sharon Weiss-Greenberg in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He received his BA in Psychology from The Lander College for Men and his rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) Rabbinical School. Prior to working at Harvard, Rabbi Greenberg has served synagogues in Teaneck, New Jersey and Riverdale, New York. He has held fellowships with organizations such as The HealthCare Chaplaincy, The Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and CLAL. He also completed a 400-hour rotation in hospital chaplaincy at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center in Manhattan working in the neurological critical care unit.
In his three years at Harvard, Rabbi Greenberg (or "Rav Ben" as he is affectionately known by his students) has brought a new energy and passion for Jewish life and learning to the students, faculty and community members of the university. He has taught throughout the campus including delivering successful lunch and learn series at the Law School and Medical School. He learns with dozens of individual students weekly in personal one-to-one sessions and his Shabbat table is always full with undergraduates, graduate students and community members from across Cambridge. Additionally, Rabbi Greenberg has had the privilege to officiate at weddings, bris milah, pidyon haben and baby naming ceremonies for people throughout the community as well as be present and guide people through the difficult periods of death and mourning. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Harvard Chaplains and is the Vice President for Chaplain Programming and assisted in creating the pivotal campus event, The Congress on the Future of Faith at Harvard.
Rabbi Greenberg has taught throughout the Boston area including for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts and LimmudBoston and has also presented at synagogues, community centers and summer campus throughout North America. He is the author of two books, Covenantal Promise and Destiny: Wisdom for Life (Lulu, 2010) and Twitter Torah (Lulu, 2009) as well as numerous popular and scholarly articles for online and print media.
He is originally from La Jolla, California and now lives with his wife Sharon Weiss-Greenberg in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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