Daniel S. Brenner is an American

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. Brenner is chief of Education and Program at Moving Traditions. Brenner was the founding executive director of Birthright Israel NEXT and he directed graduate-level training programs at

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and at CLAL- the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, both in

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. In 2009, he was named by '' Newsweek Magazine'' as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. Brenner graduated with a BA in

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from the

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, studied in

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at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, and received both an MA and rabbinic title from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. After ordination, Brenner studied with Rabbi Irving Greenberg at CLAL-the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership as part of the Steinhardt

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ship. Brenner served on the faculty of CLAL from 1998–2003, authoring a work on palliative care with

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, the chief of medical ethics of

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and a series on spirituality with Rabbi

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. In 2003, Brenner became the first rabbi to direct the Center for Multifaith Education at

, a

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seminary in

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. At Auburn, Brenner played a role in the creation of a doctoral program at

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for clergy who work within a religiously diverse context. It is the first doctoral level program of its kind in the

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. Brenner also created a program with

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's Center for the Study of Science and Religion for religious leaders. Brenner became the vice president of the Birthright Israel Foundation in 2007. He then founded and became executive director of Birthright Israel NEXT, an organization with the mission of engaging young adults in Jewish community life. Under Brenner's leadership, Birthright Israel NEXT launched NEXT Shabbat and grew into a national organization that involved over 50,000 young Jewish adults each year. Brenner joined Moving Traditions in 2011. Brenner is a published

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. In 2012, he served as the official rabbi for ''

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wine tasting. In 2016 he started a dance craze called "Klezmer Aerobics".''The New York Times'
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Works

Embracing Life & Facing Death: A Jewish Guide to Palliative Care
''2005''

''2009'' * ttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-daniel-brenner/teaching-young-men-end-sex-trafficking_b_1242842.html Will Men Stand up Against the Sex Slave Trade in Israel? ''

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Every Sperm is Sacred? Jewish Perspectives on Contraception
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Rabbi Daniel Brenner on the Initiative to Ban Circumcision
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Ultimate Frisbee and the Next Generation of Jewish Men
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Boys to Men: A Thanksgiving Lesson via Esau
'' New Jersey Jewish News''
An Auspicious Start to School? ''The New York Times''
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Baboons, Bonobos, and Bar Mitzvah Boys, ELI Talks
January 19, 2015

References

External links

Official blog
* Moving Traditions
movingtraditions.org official site
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