Marc Rosenstein: Contested Utopia

Shmuel Rosner and Marc Rosenstein discuss his latest book, “Contested Utopia: Jewish Dreams and Israeli Realities,” out soon.

Marc Rosenstein is the Director Emeritus of the Israel Rabbinical Program at HUC-JIR’s Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem. He grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, and received a BA in biochemistry from Harvard College. He was ordained by HUC-JIR in 1975 and received an MA in Jewish History from Hebrew University in Jerusalem in the same year; later, he earned a PhD from the Hebrew University as a Mandel Jerusalem Fellow.