Rabbi Englander received his Doctorate of Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1984, in the field of Jewish Mysticism and Rabbinics. He has taught in the Religious Studies Department at York University and spent a semester teaching rabbinical students at Leo Baeck College in London, England. He has written several articles on Jewish Mysticism, as well as a book, The Mystical Study of Ruth, published by Scholars Press. He is former editor of the Central Conference of American Rabbis Journal and editor of The Fragile Dialogue: New Voices in Liberal Zionism, published by CCAR Press in 2017.

 

Another passion of Rabbi Englander’s is Reform Zionism, a subject on which he has written and edited articles. He is currently chair of ARZENU, a world-wide progressive Zionist organization, a position to which he was elected in June 2014.

 

Rabbi Englander has also played an active role in establishing two Mississauga interfaith organizations: Foodpath, a community food bank; and Pathway, a non-profit housing corporation, of which Rabbi Englander was the founding president. In 2005 he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for his work in the community.

 

Both Rabbi Englander and his wife Cheryl are natives of Toronto.