Toward Tradition
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Daniel Lapin Rabbi |
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| Born |
January 1, 1947 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Residence | Mercer Island, Washington, United States |
| Citizenship | U.S. naturalized citizen (1973) |
| Occupation | American Orthodox rabbi Author Radio Show Host |
| Organization | American Alliance of Jews and Christians, Toward Tradition |
| Website | http://www.rabbidaniellapin.com |
Daniel Lapin (born January 1, 1947) is an American Orthodox rabbi, author, public speaker, and heads the American Alliance of Jews and Christians. He was previously the founding rabbi of the Pacific Jewish Center in Venice, California. and the former head of Toward Tradition, the Commonwealth Loan Company and the Cascadia Business Institute. Lapin currently hosts a daily television program with his wife Susan and provides spiritual advice to people through his website.
Lapin was born on January 1, 1947 in Johannesburg, South Africa to a family of Lithuanian Jewish descents. His father. A. H. Lapin. was the nephew of Rabbi Elya Lopian (1872–1970) and served as a prominent and outspoken Orthodox rabbi in Johannesburg and Cape Town. His father eventually established an Orthodox synagogue (Am Echad) in San Jose, California after leaving South Africa in the 1970s. Lapin emigrated with his family from South Africa to the United States in the 1970s and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1973. Prior to coming to the United States, he studied in Yeshivas in Gateshead and Jerusalem. His family relocated to Washington State in 1991 to develop Toward Tradition and to host a nationally syndicated weekly radio show.
Lapin has two brothers, David and Raphael, who are also Orthodox rabbis and have similar educational backgrounds. His sister is married to an American rabbi. Lapin's wife and business partner, Susan Lapin, is also an author and lecturer.
In the late 1970s, Lapin and Michael Medved helped to revitalize the Pacific Jewish Center, a synagogue in Venice, California, which viewed itself as functioning as part of the recent Baal teshuva movement. The Center is known for its outreach to unaffiliated and disconnected Jews and the Shul remains the last of the synagogues built in Venice during the first part of the 20th century. Due to its location in an eclectic neighborhood, worshipers who identify themselves from many different denominations are all welcomed and attend services and other events. Actors Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss participated in the religious community and synagogue.
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