B'nai Israel Congregation
of Baltimore
The Center of Jewish
Baltimore
Our Rabbi
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Our Rabbi:
Rabbi Alan Yuter
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Rabbi
Emeritus of the Orthodox Congregation Israel of Springfield, NJ, where he served
with distinction for 15 years, and Professor of History and Jewish Studies at
Touro College for 10 years, Rabbi Yuter was ordained at the Jewish Theological
Seminary, and completed a Ph.D. in Modern Hebrew Literature at New York
University. After leaving the Conservative Movement and being ordained under the
auspices of Hebrew Theological College, RIETS, the affiliate of Yeshiva
University, and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yuter
joined the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America where he continues to hold
membership. Following his retirement as spiritual leader of Congregation Israel
in Springfield, NJ, in 2002, Rabbi Yuter joined the faculty of Hillel Yeshiva
High School in Ocean, NJ, as well as serving as an adjunct faculty member at
Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. Rabbi Yuter has also been rabbi
of the Jewish Community Center of Spring Valley, NY and First Hebrew
Congregation of Peekskill, NY. In addition to his doctorate, Rabbi Yuter holds a
BA in Philosophy from Temple University, a BHL in Bible and Talmud from Gratz
College, an MHL in Judaic Studies from The Jewish Theological Seminary of
America, and an MA in Hebrew Literature and Secondary Education from Hunter
College. A prolific author and philosopher who writes on religious themes in
Biblical and Jewish law and contemporary Jewish thought, Rabbi Yuter penned
Holocaust and Hebrew in 1983. His many scholarly articles and essays have
appeared in numerous important prestigious journals including Judaism,
Midstream, Jewish Political Studies Review, and others. Rabbi Yuter was also an
assistant professor at SUNY in Albany, NY, and from 1974-76 he lived in
Baltimore, where he was an assistant professor at the Baltimore Hebrew College.
While in Baltimore, Rabbi Yuter conducted the auxiliary High Holiday service for
Beth Tfiloh Congregation. He and his wife, Linda, are the parents of a son, who
is also a rabbi, and a daughter living with her family in Israel.