Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Ph.D., Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy at American Jewish University, has written or edited 29 books and over 200 articles on Jewish theology, law, and ethics. His latest two books are Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice and Ethics at the Center: Jewish Theory and Practice for Living a Moral Life. Awarded four honorary doctorates, he has chaired four scholarly organizations, Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, and the Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. His wife, Marlynn, and his four children and eight grandchildren are, he thinks, more important than anything listed above.