About the Speaker:

Rabbi Dan Judson, Ph.D., serves as the Provost of Hebrew College in Newton, MA, where he is also a lecturer in Jewish History. Rabbi Judson received his doctorate in Jewish History at Brandeis University and his book, Pennies for Heaven: The History of American Synagogues and Money (University of Chicago Press, 2018) was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. He is presently working on a book about American Zionist history, When America Became Zionist: The Lodge-Fish Resolution of 1922 and the Surprising Group of Politicians who Changed American Policy Towards Israel. His research and writing on synagogue finance have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Haaretz, Reform Judaism Magazine and many other Jewish publications. He is also a storyteller who has appeared on the MOTH national radio hour: https://themoth.org/storytellers/daniel-judson.