Leonard Matanky
| Leonard A. Matanky Lenny Matanky | |
|---|---|
| Position | Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Congregation K.I.N.S. |
| Position | President |
| Organisation | Rabbinical Council of America |
| Began | 2013 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Leonard Matanky |
| Born |
October 26, 1958 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | United States |
| Denomination | Modern Orthodox |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Spouse | Margaret Matanky |
| Children | 7 |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Alma mater | Hebrew Theological College (MA), Loyola University (MEd), New York University (PhD) |
| Semicha | Hebrew Theological College |
Leonard A. Matanky (born October 26, 1958) is a prolific Modern Orthodox rabbi and Jewish leader in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Matanky is currently the immediate past president of the Rabbinical Council of America, pulpit rabbi of Congregation K.I.N.S. and Dean of Ida Crown Jewish Academy. He has written extensively on curriculum issues.
Biography
Matanky was born in Chicago in 1958. In 1981, He received rabbinical ordination and a master's degree in Religious Education from Hebrew Theological College. That year, he began teaching Judaic studies at Ida Crown Jewish Academy, a coeducational Modern Orthodox high school in Chicago. Matanky subsequently earned a Masters in Educational Administration from Loyola University in 1982, and a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences New York University in 1989.[1] In 1994 he assumed the pulpit of Congregation K.I.N.S. in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. He was appointed Dean of ICJA in 1996. In 2013, he succeeded Rabbi Shmuel Goldin as President of the Rabbinical Council of America. He had previously served as Vice-President of the RCA under Goldin.
Rabbi Matanky has served as President of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, and (as of 2014) is on the boards of the Religious Zionists of Chicago and Camp Moshava. He is also co-Chairman of the Rabbinic Action Committee of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and serves on the rabbinic advisory committees of the YU Torah MiTzion Kollel of Chicago, and World Bnei Akiva.
Family
Matanky is married to Margaret Novick, with whom he has three sons and four daughters. His eldest child, Yaakov, died in a car accident in 2002. Matanky has thirteen grandchildren (as of December 2015).
References
- ↑ Thesis: Matanky, Leonard A. (1989). The status of primary and elementary school teachers as reflected in rabbinic responsa and communal taqqanot of the Germanic states during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Thesis (Ph. D.). New York City: New York University. OCLC 649013872.
Sources
- "Administration: Head Administrators: Rabbi Dr. Leonard A. Matanky, Dean". Ida Crown Jewish Academy.
- "Rabbi Leonard A. Matanky". Rabbinical Council of America. 2014.
- "New York - Rabbi Leonard Matanky Selected As New RCA Head". Vos Iz Neias?. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013.