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Joshua Kulp

Joshua Kulp is an American-Israeli rabbi and Talmud scholar, known for his commentary on the Passover Haggadah and as a founder of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

born 1970Commentary on the Passover HaggadahCo-founding the Conservative YeshivaMishnah Yomit and Daf Shevui projects

Born: 16 July 1970, United States
Occupation: rabbi, talmudist
Education: Bar-Ilan University

Joshua Kulp was born in 1970 in United States

Joshua Kulp was born on July 16, 1970, in the United States. He grew up in Margate, New Jersey.

He completed his first degree at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he earned a PhD in Talmud at Bar-Ilan University, supervised by Professor Shamma Friedman, with a study of the first chapter of tractate Ketubot in the Babylonian Talmud. In 2023 he received rabbinic ordination from Hadar as part of its first group of rabbinical students.

Kulp was one of the founders of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he teaches and serves as a senior scholar. He wrote a commentary on the Passover Haggadah with David Golinkin, published as The Schechter Haggadah in 2009, and wrote Reconstructing the Talmud in 2014. He also coordinates the online Mishnah Yomit and Daf Shevui study projects for the Conservative movement.

He has two daughters and two sons. He has lived in Modi'in since 1998.