Our Rabbi

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Aldrich received his semichas (ordinations) from Rav Dan Channen and from Rav Aharon Schenkolweski in Jerusalem. An alumnus of the Darche Noam Yeshiva of Jerusalem, he was the rabbi of Torah v'Chesed and Purdue Hillel in West Lafayette, Indiana; Am HaTorah in Bethesda, MD; and the interim rabbi in Adelaide, Australia. He has contributed to a variety of Jewish publications including Aish.com, Horizons Magazine, and the Jews in Japan column in the Hamodia Newspaper. His work in outreach resulted in his nomination as a Jewish Community Hero. His wife, Yael, is the Executive Director of the Daughters of Israel Mikvah and they have four children: Gavriel Tzvi, Yaakov, Yehudis, and Dov Ber.

An award winning author, Rabbi Dr. Aldrich has published five books, including Building Resilience and Black Wave; more than 110 peer-reviewed articles; and written op-eds for the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, HuffPost, and many other media outlets. He has spent more than 5 years in India, Japan, and Africa carrying out fieldwork, and his work has been funded by the Fulbright Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Abe Foundation, the Rasmussen Foundation, and the Japan Foundation, among other institutions. He is Dean's Professor of Resilience, Director of the Resilience Studies Program, and co-director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University, where he teaches in the Department of Political Science and the Policy School. 

Contact: rabbi@ktmshul.org