Rabbi Dr. David Harbater is a published author, Jewish educator and public speaker.
His book "In the Beginnings: Discovering the Two Worldviews Hidden within Genesis 1-11" was described by the Jerusalem Post as "a work to be treasured" and by the Jewish Link as "ground-breaking, stimulating and one-of-a-kind".
He teaches at Midreshet Torah v’Avodah, and writes weekly articles on the parasha and current events that are published in the Times of Israel and elsewhere. He has served as a lecturer in Jewish education at Herzog College; as a curriculum writer for the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, a project of the Hebrew University; and as a teacher of Bible, Jewish thought, and Talmud in a variety of frameworks, both in Israel and in the United States.
He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Yeshiva University, and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, received his rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg, and earned his PhD in education from the University of Haifa.
