Eugene Korn

Rabbi Eugene Korn
Rabbi Eugene Korn, Phd.
Position	Academic Director
Organisation	CJCUC
Personal details
Nationality	Israeli
Denomination	Religious Zionism
Alma mater	Yeshiva University Columbia University
Semicha	Rabbinate of Israel

Rabbi Doctor Eugene B. Korn (1947- ) is a lecturer, scholar and educator. He lives in Jerusalem and serves as Academic Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem. He is also co-director of its Institute for Theological Inquiry. Korn was the founding editor of Meorot: A Forum for Modern Orthodox Discourse (successor to The Edah Journal, which he also edited), based at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City.

In 2003 he was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi by the Israeli rabbinate. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University where he majored in philosophy and mathematics, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Moral Philosophy from Columbia University.

In 2006- 2007 he was Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League. He is known for his criticism of Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.

His research interests include Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish ethics and Jewish Law (Halakha), Israel, and Philosophy.

In 2009, he was honored by the Catholic-Jewish Commission of Southern New Jersey and the Jewish Community Relations Council with the "Nostra Aetate Award".