0America’s Top 50 Rabbis for 2013 (PHOTOS)Gabrielle Birkner surveys the country for the most influential rabbis in America. Updated May 09, 2017 5:28PM EDT / Published Mar. 21, 2013 5:45AM EDT 1. Sharon Brous (Conservative) 2. David Saperstein (Reform) 3. David Wolpe (Conservative)Henry Gold 4. Yehuda Krinsky (Orthodox) 5. Peter Rubinstein (Reform)Max W. Orenstein/Central Synagogue 6. Rick Jacobs (Reform) Clark Jones 7. Robert Wexler (Conservative) 8. David Ellenson (Reform) 9. Julie Schonfeld (Conservative) 10. Avi Weiss (Orthodox) 11. Hershel Schachter (Orthodox) 12. Steven Z. Leder (Reform) 13. Mark Dratch (Orthodox) 14. Hebrew College Leaders: Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (Reconstructionist), Arthur Green (Renewal), and Daniel Lehmann (Post-denominational)Mike Lovett 15. Sharon Kleinbaum (Reconstructionist) 16. Sara Hurwitz (Orthodox) 17. Irwin Kula (Conservative) 18. J. Rolando Matalon (Conservative) 19. Wiesenthal’s Deans: Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper (Orthodox)Bart Bartholomew/Simon Wiesenthal Center 20. Shmuel Kamenetsky (Orthodox) 21. David Stern (Reform) 22. Asher Lopatin (Orthodox) unknown 23. Jonah Pesner (Reform) 24. Angela Buchdahl (Reform) 25. Burton Visotzky (Conservative) 26. Joy Levitt (Reconstructionist) 27. Andy Bachman (Reform) 28. Naomi Levy (Conservative) 29. Elliot Cosgrove (Conservative) 30. Arthur Schneier (Orthodox) 31. Marc Schneier (Orthodox) 32. Hadar Stars: Shai Held, Elie Kaunfer, and Ethan Tucker (Independent) 33. Dan Ehrenkrantz (Reconstructionist) 34. Jill Jacobs (Conservative) 35. Joseph Telushkin (Orthodox) 36. Shmuley Boteach (Orthodox)Dave Kotinsky/Getty 38. Elliot Dorff (Conservative) 39. B. Elka Abrahamson (Reform)Picasa 40. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Orthodox) 41. Matisyahu Salomon (Orthodox) 42. Marcia Zimmerman (Reform)Rebecca Zenefski 43. Peter Berg (Reform) 44. Mychal Springer (Conservative) Larry Cameola 45. Micah Greenstein (Reform) 46. David Ingber (Renewal) 47. Jacqueline Koch Ellenson (Reform) 48. Rachel Cowan (Reform) 49. Menachem Creditor (Conservative) 50. Shaul Praver (Conservative)
1. Sharon Brous (Conservative) 2. David Saperstein (Reform) 3. David Wolpe (Conservative)Henry Gold 4. Yehuda Krinsky (Orthodox) 5. Peter Rubinstein (Reform)Max W. Orenstein/Central Synagogue 6. Rick Jacobs (Reform) Clark Jones 7. Robert Wexler (Conservative) 8. David Ellenson (Reform) 9. Julie Schonfeld (Conservative) 10. Avi Weiss (Orthodox) 11. Hershel Schachter (Orthodox) 12. Steven Z. Leder (Reform) 13. Mark Dratch (Orthodox) 14. Hebrew College Leaders: Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (Reconstructionist), Arthur Green (Renewal), and Daniel Lehmann (Post-denominational)Mike Lovett 15. Sharon Kleinbaum (Reconstructionist) 16. Sara Hurwitz (Orthodox) 17. Irwin Kula (Conservative) 18. J. Rolando Matalon (Conservative) 19. Wiesenthal’s Deans: Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper (Orthodox)Bart Bartholomew/Simon Wiesenthal Center 20. Shmuel Kamenetsky (Orthodox) 21. David Stern (Reform) 22. Asher Lopatin (Orthodox) unknown 23. Jonah Pesner (Reform) 24. Angela Buchdahl (Reform) 25. Burton Visotzky (Conservative) 26. Joy Levitt (Reconstructionist) 27. Andy Bachman (Reform) 28. Naomi Levy (Conservative) 29. Elliot Cosgrove (Conservative) 30. Arthur Schneier (Orthodox) 31. Marc Schneier (Orthodox) 32. Hadar Stars: Shai Held, Elie Kaunfer, and Ethan Tucker (Independent) 33. Dan Ehrenkrantz (Reconstructionist) 34. Jill Jacobs (Conservative) 35. Joseph Telushkin (Orthodox) 36. Shmuley Boteach (Orthodox)Dave Kotinsky/Getty 38. Elliot Dorff (Conservative) 39. B. Elka Abrahamson (Reform)Picasa 40. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Orthodox) 41. Matisyahu Salomon (Orthodox) 42. Marcia Zimmerman (Reform)Rebecca Zenefski 43. Peter Berg (Reform) 44. Mychal Springer (Conservative) Larry Cameola 45. Micah Greenstein (Reform) 46. David Ingber (Renewal) 47. Jacqueline Koch Ellenson (Reform) 48. Rachel Cowan (Reform) 49. Menachem Creditor (Conservative) 50. Shaul Praver (Conservative)