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Rabbi Peter S. Knobel  Rabbi Peter S. Knobel has been Beth Emet's spiritual leader since 1980,
encouraging stimulating interaction between clergy and congregants with the goal
of infusing deeper Jewish meaning into the lives of individual members and the
community as a whole. A graduate of Hamilton College, he was ordained by
Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in 1969, and earned a masters
in philosophy and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He came to Beth Emet from Temple
Emanu-El in Groton, Connecticut.In addition to his congregational responsibilities, Rabbi Knobel serves in leadership roles in the Reform movement on a national level as well as being actively involved in the Chicago-area community. He is the immediate past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) and served as the CCAR of Siddur Editorial Committee. He is a past Chair of the Liturgy and Reform Practice Committee and was a member of ad hoc committees on human sexuality, homosexuality and the rabbinate, and patrilineal descent. He also is a member of the ARZA National Board, and chairs its Institute for Reform Zionism, and is a member of the board of trustees of both the Union for Reform Judaism and the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Knobel is past president of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and the Chicago Association of Reform Rabbis and is active in the Evanston Downtown Clergy Association and a member of the Board of the Council of the Parliament of World Religions. He is a member of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative on Peace in the Middle East Rabbi Knobel has taught extensively at a number of colleges including HUC-JIR, Yale University, Connecticut College and Spertus Institute, on subjects ranging from Biblical Aramaic to Jewish mysticism to Israel in Christian thought and Jewish Bioethics. He also has authored and edited numerous articles and publications in the areas of Jewish Bioethics, Liturgy and Zionist Thought and is the editor of Gates of the Seasons: A Guide for the Jewish New Year. Send email to Rabbi Knobel Recent Sermons
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