Ronne Friedman

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Rabbi Ronne Friedman was born on October 6, 1947 and is a native of Washington, D.C. Rabbi Friedman serves as the Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel of Boston and has served North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois and Temple Beth Zion of Buffalo, NY as well. He graduated with a B.A. with distinction in English Literature from Lafayette College in 1969, and received his Masters of Arts in Hebrew Literature from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion from which he was ordained in 1975. He was awarded a Doctorate (honoris causa) from the same institution in 2000.

Rabbi Friedman currently serves as the Chairman of the Joint Placement Commission of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Central Conference of American Rabbis and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He also serves as a member of the Board of the CCAR and served for many years as a member of the UAHC’s (now URJ) Commission of Synagogue Affiliation. His service on national and regional boards has included the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews), The Central Conference of American Rabbis, Interns for Peace, The American Jewish Committee (N.E. Region) and Meretz. He has also served as Adjunct Clinical Faculty for the H.U.C.-J.I.R.

Rabbi Friedman has been actively and passionately engaged in the work of Jewish Education, the pursuit of Social Justice, the resettlement of Southeast Asian and Soviet Jewish immigrants and the establishment of Interfaith and Inter-group Dialogue. His interest in the use of the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory has led him to create workshops and programs using the MBTI as a tool for teambuilding.  He has been married to Irene (Neumann) Friedman since 1972 and they are the parents of two sons, Zachary and Jesse (z’l).