Rabbi Dr. Danny Schiff is the Gefsky Community Scholar at the Jewish Federation of
Greater Pittsburgh. He is a noted teacher and researcher in Jewish ethics.
Born in Sydney, Australia, Rabbi Dr. Schiff grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with
a B.A. from the University of Melbourne. Rabbi Dr. Schiff received ordination, as well
as his Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters degree, from the Hebrew Union College -
Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C. - J.I.R.). He also received his Doctor of Hebrew
Letters degree, as well as an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from H.U.C. - J.I.R..
Additionally, Dr. Schiff earned an M.A. in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore.

Rabbi Schiff previously served as the Community Scholar for the Agency for Jewish
Learning in Pittsburgh, as rabbi of B’nai Israel in White Oak, Pennsylvania, and as
rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne.

He is the author of Abortion in Judaism, published by Cambridge University Press and
Judaism in a Digital Age published by Palgrave Macmillan. He is a former President of
the Museum of Jewish Ideas, and board member of the City of Pittsburgh Ethics
Board and the Society of Jewish Ethics.