Green, Arthur, 1941-....

Professor Arthur Green is an authority on Jewish spirituality and mysticism. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1968 and cofounded the Havurat Shalom movement in the same year. Green earned his doctorate at Brandeis University in 1975 and taught at the University of Pennsylvania for eleven years until he became the Dean of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC). A few years later, he became president of the RRC. His primary focus has been in study, work, and teaching students, and as a result, he resigned from the presidency and was appointed Philip D. Lown Professor of Jewish Thought at Brandeis University in 1993. He is currently Dean of the Hebrew College Rabbinical School and Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University.

1968 Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary. 1968 Cofounds Havurat Shalom. 1974 Becomes Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. 1975 Earns Ph.D. from Brandeis University. 1978 Receives Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. 1980 Appointed Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. 1984 Appointed Dean of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. 1986 Appointed President of Reconstuctionist Rabbinical College. 1993 Appointed Lown Professor of Jewish Thought at Brandeis University. 2003 Appointed Dean of the Hebrew College Rabbinical School Footnotes 1 Information in this finding aid is from the following sources: Material from the collection. Brandeis University. “Art Green.” 5 March 2013. <http://www.brandeis.edu/facultyguide/person.html?emplid=2d524a7e34800c85f7e4a93f903d552005e203fa> University of Pennsylvania Archives and Record Center. “Penn Notables.” 4 March 2013. <http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/awards/lindback.html>

From the guide to the Arthur Green (1941-) Papers, undated, 1965, 1978-2003, (American Jewish Historical Society)

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