0Most Influential RabbisAs Passover commences, The Daily Beast and Newsweek teamed up with a squad of Judaism mavens to determine, for the fifth year in a row, the top leaders of America’s Jewish clergy.Updated Jul. 13, 2017 2:47PM EDT / Published Apr. 14, 2011 1:48PM EDT David Karp / AP Photo 1. Yehuda KrinskyDavid Karp / AP Photo 2. David WolpeNick Ut / AP Photo 3. David SapersteinJonathan Ernst / Getty Images 4. Peter RubinsteinSuzanne Plunkett / AP Photo 5. Marvin Hier Katy Winn / AP Photo 6. Robert Wexler 7. Rick JacobsBen Fink Shapiro 8. Steven Leder 9. David Ellenson 10. Sharon BrousKim Silverstein 11. Shmuley Boteach Richard Drew / AP Photo 12. Avi WeissAP Photo 13. Rolando Matalon 14. Hershel Schachter 15. Joseph Telushkin 16. Dan Ehrenkrantz 17. Art Green 18. Yehiel Eckstein 19. Naomi Levy 20. Irwin Kula 21. Asher Lopatin 22. David Stern 23. Burton Visotzky 24. Sharon Kleinbaum 25. Jonah Pesner 26. Arthur Schneier AP Photo 27. Joy Levitt 28. Abraham CooperBart Bartholomew Simon Wiesenthal Center 29. Julie Schonfeld 30. Haskel Lookstein 31.Gordon Tucker 32. Sara Hurwitz 33. Kerry Olitzky 34. Stephen Pearce 35. Jack Moline 36. Elka Abrahamson 37. Yehuda BergVictor Boyko, GC / Getty Images 38. Angela Buchdahl 39. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 40, The Stars of Hadar: Elie Kaunfer, Shai Held & Ethan Tucker 41. Andy BachmanTom Callan 42. Sharon Cohen Anisfeld 43. Rachel Nussbaum 44. Dov Linzer 45. Jill Jacobs 46. Ed Feinstein 47. Laura Geller 48. Michael Paley 49. Jacqueline Ellenson 50. Steven Greenberg
1. Yehuda KrinskyDavid Karp / AP Photo 2. David WolpeNick Ut / AP Photo 3. David SapersteinJonathan Ernst / Getty Images 4. Peter RubinsteinSuzanne Plunkett / AP Photo 5. Marvin Hier Katy Winn / AP Photo 6. Robert Wexler 7. Rick JacobsBen Fink Shapiro 8. Steven Leder 9. David Ellenson 10. Sharon BrousKim Silverstein 11. Shmuley Boteach Richard Drew / AP Photo 12. Avi WeissAP Photo 13. Rolando Matalon 14. Hershel Schachter 15. Joseph Telushkin 16. Dan Ehrenkrantz 17. Art Green 18. Yehiel Eckstein 19. Naomi Levy 20. Irwin Kula 21. Asher Lopatin 22. David Stern 23. Burton Visotzky 24. Sharon Kleinbaum 25. Jonah Pesner 26. Arthur Schneier AP Photo 27. Joy Levitt 28. Abraham CooperBart Bartholomew Simon Wiesenthal Center 29. Julie Schonfeld 30. Haskel Lookstein 31.Gordon Tucker 32. Sara Hurwitz 33. Kerry Olitzky 34. Stephen Pearce 35. Jack Moline 36. Elka Abrahamson 37. Yehuda BergVictor Boyko, GC / Getty Images 38. Angela Buchdahl 39. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 40, The Stars of Hadar: Elie Kaunfer, Shai Held & Ethan Tucker 41. Andy BachmanTom Callan 42. Sharon Cohen Anisfeld 43. Rachel Nussbaum 44. Dov Linzer 45. Jill Jacobs 46. Ed Feinstein 47. Laura Geller 48. Michael Paley 49. Jacqueline Ellenson 50. Steven Greenberg