Berkley Center

Gil Steinlauf is the senior rabbi at the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC. He is the first senior rabbi of a large, historic, conservative congregation to come out as openly gay and has sought to create an atmosphere of constructive dialogue on the issues facing modern culture and Judaism. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, studied at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, earned a master's degree in Hebrew Letters from the University of Judaism, and received rabbinic ordination and an M.A. at Jewish Theological Seminary.