Joe Rooks Rapport

Background

Rapport, Joe Rooks was born on May 26, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of James Louis and Karlyn Ann (Israelson) Rapport.

Education

Bachelor, College of Wooster, 1979; Master of Arts in Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Union College, 1982; AM/Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1988.

Career

Interim rabbi B'nai El, St. Louis, 1984-1985. Associate rabbi The Temple, Louisville, since 1988. Lecturer in Judaic thought University Louisville/Bellarmine College, since 1988.

Board directors Jewish Community Center, Louisville, 1988-1991. Delegate National Association Jewish Community Relations Councils, Miami, Florida, 1991. Member inter-agency committee on Soviet resettlement Jewish Family and Vocational Services, Louisville, since 1990.

Partner MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, since 1988. Chair committee on technical and computers Conference American Rabbis.

Achievements

• Joe Rooks Rapport has been listed as a noteworthy Rabbi by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chair Louisville Coalition for homeless, since 1990, Many People-One Community (Mayor's Commission on Prejudice), Louisville, since 1990. Chair social action Community Relations Council, Louisville, since 1991. Member Center Conference American Rabbis (member task force on cults since 1984), Louisville Board Rabbis, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, National Conference of Christians and Jews (chair education committee 1990-1991), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Gaylia R. Rooks, October 8, 1980. Children: Yael, Lev.

Father:

James Louis Rapport

Mother:

Karlyn Ann (Israelson) Rapport

Spouse:

Gaylia R. Rooks

child:

Lev Rapport

child:

Yael Rapport