Kerry Olitzky
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Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky is an Associate at Mersky, Jaffe & Associates, a firm that specializes in financial resource development and executive search solutions for the nonprofit community. He has previously been the Executive Director of Big Tent Judaism[1] (formerly known as the Jewish Outreach Institute), a United States independent organization dedicated to bringing Judaism to interfaith families and the unaffiliated.
Education
He was born in
Career
Formerly, he served as vice president of the
Rabbi Olitzky is a leader in the development of Jewish education, particularly for adults. He has shaped training programs for clergy of all faiths, especially in the area of pastoral care and counseling in the Jewish community. He has done pioneering work in the area of Jewish Twelve Step spirituality, as well as Jewish Gerontology.[3]
Commentaries
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Together with professor Leonard S. Kravitz, Olitzky has authored a series of
Works
Olitzky is a former contributing editor for Shma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility and is also the author of over 75 books and hundreds of articles in a variety of fields. Among his publications are:
- The Littlest Candle: A Hanukkah Story, with Jesse Olitzky (Kalaniot Books)[4]
- The Candy Man Mystery (Kalaniot Books)[5]
- An Invitation to Passover, written with Rabbi Debra Biden Cohen. (Kalaniot Books)[1]
- Where is the Potty on this Ark? (Kar Ben Publishing)
- Welcome to the Seder, A Passover Haggadah (Behrman House)
- The Book of Job: A Modern Translation and Commentary with Leonard S. Kravitz (Wipf and Stock)
- The Rituals and Practices of a Jewish Life: A Handbook for Personal Spiritual Renewal, with Dan Judson (Jewish Lights);
Shorter articles include:
- Public Space Judaism Contact: The Journal of the Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation. Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life. Fall 2009: 10–11.
- Keep Our Shuls Safe But Still Friendly, with Edward M. Feinstein, Jewish Journal, September 17, 2008
- Synagogue: A New Concept for a New Age, Journal of Jewish Communal Service, Vol. 62/No. 1, 1985.
- and more.
External links
- The Library and Studio of Kerry Olitzky
- Olitzky's article at the Berman Jewish Policy Archive
- Ten Principles of Big tent JudaIsm, Olitzky's outreach organization (which has since closed)
References
- ^ Lewis, Meredith Kesner (2007-10-09). "Big Tent Judaism". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ OLITZKY, KERRY M, jewishvirtuallibrary.org
- ^ "The Library and Studio of Kerry Olitzky - Background". 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Children's Book Review: The Littlest Candle: A Hanukkah Story by Kerry Olitzky and Jesse Olitzky, illus. by Jen Kostman. Kalaniot, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-9988527-5-1". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
- ^ "Children's Literature: The Candy Man Mystery". San Diego Jewish World. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-11-24.