Dr. Elliot Dorff serves as the rector and Sol and Anne Dorff Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy at American Jewish University. For over four decades, he has held the position of visiting professor at UCLA School of Law, where he teaches a course on Jewish law.Rabbi Dorff is a highly respected scholar and leader. He received the Journal of Law and Religion’s Lifetime Achievement Award and holds four honorary doctoral degrees in addition to his earned Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. He also earned a Masters of Hebrew Literature (1968) and was ordained as a rabbi (1970) by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He has played a significant role in the Conservative Movement, serving on the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards since 1984 and chairing it from 2007 to 2022. He also contributed to the new Torah commentary for the movement, Etz Hayim. He wrote two books on the theory and practice of Conservative Judaism and has written 29 rabbinic rulings for the movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. Rabbi Dorff’s leadership extends beyond the religious sphere. He has chaired several scholarly organizations, including the Academy of Jewish Philosophy, the Jewish Law Association, the Society of Jewish Ethics, and the Academy of Judaic, Christian, and Islamic Studies. He even served as the Honorary President of the Jewish Law Association from 2012 to 2016.His expertise in bioethics has led him to participate in various important initiatives. He served on the Ethics Committee of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Health Care Task Force and testified before the President’s National Bioethics Advisory Commission. He also served as a member of the Surgeon General’s commission and the National Human Resources Advisory Commission. From 2009 to 2022, Rabbi Dorff served on the Broader Social Impacts Committee for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, specifically focusing on the ethical and religious implications of the human origins exhibit. He currently serves on the Ethics Advisory Committee for stem cell research in California and has been involved with the FaithTrust Institute, an organization combating domestic violence. In his local community, Rabbi Dorff has been deeply involved with Jewish Family Services, serving as president from 2004 to 2006 and remaining on the board since 1984. He has also been a member of the ethics committee at UCLA Medical Center since the 1980s. He actively participates in interfaith dialogue as co-chair of the Priest-Rabbi Dialogue and previously served as chair of the board of directors for the Academy of Judaic, Christian, and Islamic Studies. Rabbi Dorff is a prolific writer who wrote over 200 articles and 15 books, and edited or co-edited another 14 books on Jewish theology, law, and ethics.