What is Joseph Telushkin?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> |name = Joseph Telushkin |image = File:Rabbi Joseph Telushkin at Adath Israel.jpg |caption = Telushkin speaking at Adath Israel in [[Merion, Pennsylvania]] |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}} |birth_place = [[United States]] |occupation = [[Rabbi]], writer, lecturer |genre = [[Judaism]], [[ethics]] | }} '''Joseph Telushkin''' (born 1948) is an [[Americans|American]] [[Orthodox Jewish]] [[Rabbi]]. Telushkin went to the [[Soviet Union]] and repeatedly risked his own life to rescue [[Russians|Russian]] [[Jews]] from it and bring them to [[Israel]]. Telushkin co-wrote a [[book]] about the questions people ask about [[Judaism]] with his [[friend]] [[Dennis Prager]]. They also wrote a book about [[anti-Semitism]] and the reason for it. Telushkin also wrote a [[novel]] about a [[rabbi]] who has to solve a [[murder]] and a [[sequel]] to it. Telushkin also wrote a book called Jewish Literacy about everything that everyone should know about [[Judaism]] and another book called Biblical Literacy about everything that everyone should know about the [[Hebrew Bible]]. Telushkin also wrote a [[biography]] of a [[Rabbi]] [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]] Telushkin made some videos for [[PragerU]] and was [[angry]] when ''[[Newsweek]]'' said that [[Dennis Prager]] had made fun of [[Anne Frank]] saying that all Prager had said was that he didn’t believe everyone was [[good]] at heart and that “Newsweek has hit a new low” in saying that that was making fun of her. He has been on the ''[[Newsweek]]'' list of the 50 most influential rabbis in America since 1997.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lynton |first=Michael |url=http://www.newsweek.com/50-most-influential-rabbis-america-73545 |title=The 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America |date=28 June 2010 |publisher=Newsweek.com |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Telushkin, Joseph}} [[Category:American political writers]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Cat