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Stanton, a rabbi, is associate vice president for Interfaith and Intergroup Initiatives at the Jewish Federations of North America.
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Joshua Stanton, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Their grandfather on their mother’s side had been a rabbi.
—Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Fink, a married father of three, was a lawyer and the former rabbi of the Pacific Jewish Center (now known as the Shul on the Beach) in Venice Beach, California.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
The standoff lasted 10 hours until the rabbi, drawing on extensive security training, hurled a chair at the assailant.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Stanton, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Their grandfather on their mother’s side had been a rabbi.
—Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Fink, a married father of three, was a lawyer and the former rabbi of the Pacific Jewish Center (now known as the Shul on the Beach) in Venice Beach, California.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
The standoff lasted 10 hours until the rabbi, drawing on extensive security training, hurled a chair at the assailant.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Rabbi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rabbi. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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rabbi
noun
rab·bi
ˈrab-ˌī 
1
: master entry 1 sense 1a, teacher
—used as a term of address for Jewish religious leaders
2
: a professionally trained leader of a Jewish congregation
rabbinic
adjective
rə-ˈbin-ik
ra-
or rabbinical
-i-kəl
Etymology
Old English rabbi "term of address used for Jewish religious leaders," from Latin rabbi (same meaning), from Greek rhabbi (same meaning), from Hebrew rabbī "my master," from rabh "master" and the suffix -ī "my"
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