Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein served as Rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun from 1958 through 2015 and Principal of the Ramaz School from 1966 to 2015, and now serves as Rabbi Emeritus and Principal Emeritus. He has also served as Professor of Homiletics at Yeshiva University, as a Vice President of the Beth Din of America, as a Board Member of UJA Federation of New York, and as a Commissioner of the New York City Human Rights Commission. He currently serves as a director of the Met Council.
“A non-Jew approached Hillel and asked him to define Judaism’s essence while standing on one foot. Hillel responded: ‘That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor; the rest is commentary....’”
— Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat, 31A