Eugene Korn

Rabbi Doctor Eugene B. Korn (born 1947) is a lecturer, scholar and educator.

He lives in Jerusalem and was formerly Academic Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem.

He was also co-director of its Institute for Theological Inquiry.

Korn was the founding editor of Meorot: A Forum for Modern Orthodox Discourse (successor to The Edah Journal, which he also edited), based at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City.

In 2003 he was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi by Machon Pirchei Shoshanim (Israel).

He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University where he majored in philosophy and mathematics, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Moral Philosophy from Columbia University.

In 2003-2005 he was Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League.

His research interests include Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish ethics and Jewish Law (Halakha), Israel, and Philosophy.

In 2009, he was honored by the Catholic-Jewish Commission of Southern New Jersey and the Jewish Community Relations Council with the "Nostra Aetate Award".

In December 2015, Korn helped draft the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity entitled "To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians".

His most recent books are "To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values" (Urim Publications/KTAV Publishing House, 2021) and "Israel and the Nations: The Bible, The Rabbis, and Jewish-Gentile Relations" (Academic Studies Press, 2023).

His writings has been translated into Hebrew, Italian, German and Spanish.