Asher Lopatin

Asher Lopatin (born September 1, 1964) is the Director of Community Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In late August 2026, he began a leave of absence from the Jewish Federation to continue his efforts to promote a particular candidate without causing confusion about his role and the Jewish Federation's stance. Lopatin is a Modern Orthodoxrabbi and leader of Kehillat Etz Chayim, an Modern Orthodoxsynagogue in Oak Park, Michigan, and a Jewish denominational pluralist. He is also the founder and executive director of the Detroit National Center for Civil Discourse, which has run a Fellowship in Civil Discourse at Wayne State University since September 2019. Previously, he was the president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (2013–2018) and the spiritual leader of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel in Chicago, Illinois, before that. He is a Rhodes Scholar and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.