Rabbi Adam Greenwald is Senior Rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel, an inclusive, participatory synagogue community serving Orange County, CA. He previously served as Vice President for Jewish Engagement at American Jewish University, where he founded the Maas Center for Jewish Journeys and for ten years directed the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program. Rabbi Greenwald also served as a Lecturer at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies. Rabbi Greenwald is the author of On One Foot, an introduction to Judaism coursebook and curriculum, in use by more than a hundred communities across North America. His writing has also appeared in the Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, MyJewishLearning, Sh’ma, eJewishPhilanthrophy, and other print and digital publications. He was named by the Forward as one of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” and in 2016, received the Covenant Foundation’s Pomegranate Prize in Jewish Education.
Rabbi Greenwald received his BA from UCLA and his MA and Rabbinic Ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in 2011. He is married to Anne Hromadka, an art curator and consultant, and they are the proud parents of a spirited preschooler, Gracie.
