Background
Firestone, Reuven was born on January 27, 1952 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of George Maurice Firestone and Betty Ann (Weiskopf) Gruberg.
educator Rabbi language and literature educator
Firestone, Reuven was born on January 27, 1952 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of George Maurice Firestone and Betty Ann (Weiskopf) Gruberg.
Bachelor, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1974; Master of Arts, Hebrew Union College, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1988.
Director college education department Union American Hebrew Congregations, New York City, 1982-1987. Rabbi Congregation B'nai Torah, Sudbury, Massachusetts, since 1988. Assistant professor Hebrew and Semitic literature and languages Boston University, since 1987.
Member Catholic-Jewish-Muslim trialogue Office Ecumenical Affairs of Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, since 1989.
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Member American Academy Religion, American Oriental Society, Center Conference American Rabbis, Association for Jewish Studies, Society for Judeo-Arabic Studies, Middle East Studies Association, National Conference of Christians and Jews (Executive Committee commission of Muslims, Jews and Christians 1983-1987).
Married Ruth Harriet Sohn, May 21, 1983. Children: Rachel, Noam.