Background
Gluckin grew up in suburban New Jersey.
Gluckin grew up in suburban New Jersey.
He started playing the guitar at age thirteen and after high school attended the New England Conservatory of in Boston. He graduated with a Bachelor of in 1990 and moved to Brooklyn, New New York
He lectures regularly on college campuses in the United States, Israel, and Canada. He has written four books on different topics including spirituality, music, and campus recruitment. He currently serves as the director of Vechulai, an innovative Jewish think tank based in Boston, Massachusetts.
In 2009 he began lecturing in various online forums including JOU Max, an online Jewish program for college students and Totally Online, an online Hebrew School for children.
In New York, he played and toured with a number of blues-based rock bands and experimental jazz ensembles. He also taught guitar lessons and worked a number of odd jobs including ticket sales for the New York Philharmonic.
In 1993 he left New York to travel Europe and moved to Israel at the conclusion of his travels. In 2000 he served in the Israeli Army.
In 2001 he moved to Boston, Massachusetts and started Aish Campus, a college-based Jewish outreach organization.
He left Aish Campus in 2009 to found Vechulai. He stopped playing music professionally during his years in Israel, but returned in 2006 with the release of Jewish Roots, a Civil Defense of original acoustic Jewish music Jewish Roots, Civil Defense 2006.
While in college, Gluckin was a member of the punk trio Fat Elvis and joined the fledgling free jazz/free metal group the Mellow Edwards. He was also a member of the group the Sweet Lizard Illtet. After moving to New York he continued to perform with the Mellow Edwards and was a founding member of the blues trio the Blues Posse.
