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Rabbi David Eli Stern (born August 1961) is the senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El of Dallas, the largest synagogue in the South/Southwest United States and the third-largest in the Union for Reform Judaism.Temple Emanu-El picks Rabbi Stern, 35, to lead 3rd-largest Reform synagogue in U.S. Dallas Morning News, August 23, 1996weblink Book Review of A Light in the Prairie He was selected as the 26th most influential rabbi in America by Newsweek magazine in 2008weblink Newsweek Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America, April 11, 2008 and the 30th most influential in 2009.weblink Newsweek Top 50 influential Rabbis in America, April 4, 2009 Rabbi Stern graduated with high honors from Dartmouth College, earned his M. A. in Jewish education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education at HUC-JIR Los Angeles, California in 1988, and was ordained from HUC in 1989.Rabbi David E. Stern Endowed Scholarship Established at HUC-JIR {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110220016weblink |date=2007-11-10 }} Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of ReligionRabbi Stern was the 2017-2019 President of CCAR,WEB, Past Presidents Council,weblink 2021-04-03, Central Conference of American Rabbis, en-US, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and is known for his efforts on social justice. He is the vice-chair of the Union for Reform Judaism's Joint Commission on Social Action and Chair of the Commission's Task Force on Economic Justice.WEB,weblink Archived copy, January 21, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071110220016weblink">weblink November 10, 2007, HUC-JIR Article on Rabbi Stern He has been a fierce advocate in leading Temple Emanu-El and the Jewish community on issues such as Darfurweblink Stern column on Darfur including the creation of the Dolls for Darfur program and visiting Sudanese Refugees in Chad.WEB,weblink Reform Judaism Magazine - on the Edge of Life, 2008-01-26, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071005062240weblink">weblink 2007-10-05, On the Edge of Lifeweblink Velveteen Rabbi's Blog He is also the past chair of both the Dallas Faith Communities Coalition, the Children's Advisory Board of the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center,weblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723205934weblink |date=2008-07-23 }} Dallas Children's Advocacy Center Advisory Board and the Rabbinic Association of Greater Dallas. Rabbi Stern serves on the boards of both CHAI (Community Homes for Adults, Inc.)weblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704181405weblink |date=2008-07-04 }} CHAI Board and the Dallas Jewish Coalition for the Homeless.weblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114160033weblink |date=2006-11-14 }} Temple Emanu-El Biography He is also associated with the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East,weblink National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East website contains the Appeal listing Rabbi Stern. and was a signatory on the group's February 28, 2006 National Interreligious Leadership Delegation for Peace in the Middle East Appeal to the President [George W. Bush] to Make Israeli-Palestinian Peace a Priority of U.S. Policy.weblink National Interreligious Leadership Delegation for Peace in the Middle East Appeal to the President [George W. Bush] to Make Israeli-Palestinian Peace a Priority of U.S. Policy.Rabbi Stern is also widely regarded for his sermons and adult education. He led at $17.5 million Endowment Campaign in 2002-2003.weblink{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} URJ Inside Leadership article Temple Emanu-El established the Rabbi David E. Stern Endowed Scholarship in April 2007 in honor of his 18th year as a rabbi and 18th year at Temple Emanu-El. (The number 18 holds significant value in Judaism).Rabbi Stern is on the editorial board for the CCAR Journal, the journal for the Central Conference of American Rabbis,weblink CCAR Journal masthead and also chairs the Governance Task Force of the CCAR. He is on the prestigious HUC-JIR's President's Rabbinic Council.In March 2017, Rabbi Stern was installed as President of CCAR, the third generation of his family to hold that office.WEB,weblink David Stern becomes third-generation president of Reform rabbinical group, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 20 March 2017, 2017-08-26, Rabbi Stern is the son of Rabbi Jack Stern, the longtime former rabbi of Westchester Reform Templeweblink Rabbi Jack Stern Bio at Westchester Reform Temple and the poet Priscilla Rudin Sternweblink The New York Times paid obituary for Priscilla Rudin Stern (who is the daughter of Rabbi Jacob Philip Rudin, the longtime Rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Great Neck, New Yorkweblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209102957weblink |date=2007-12-09 }} Temple Beth El website biography). He is married to Rabbi Nancy Kasten and has three children.

See also

• History of the Jews in Dallas, Texas

Notes

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References

• Biography of Rabbi David Stern {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114160033weblink |date=2006-11-14 }}
• Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, Texas website
• Dallas: Congregation continues a holiday tradition with meal
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071113113211weblink">Dallas Dafur Program Kicks Off
• Dollars for Dafur
• Shavuot/Yizkor 5763 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430151745weblink |date=2009-04-30 }}
• Zakhor: Memory as Imperative by David E. Stern
• NILI: National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East
• National Interreligious Leadership Delegation for Peace in the Middle East Appeal to the President [George W. Bush to Make Israeli-Palestinian Peace a Priority of U.S. Policy.]

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