Ezra Spicehandler (April 6, 1921 – March 25, 2014) was an American rabbi, writer, editor and educator specializing in modern Hebrew literature.
[1] He was born in Brooklyn, New York,[2] the son of Abraham Spacehandler,[3] an editor of the Hebrew periodical Hadoar.
He spent a year studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, then received the National Defense Education Fellowship in Oriental Languages, 1960–1961.
From 1966–1980 he was director then dean of the Jerusalem branch of the Hebrew Union College and later professor emeritus.
[2] Ezra was married to Shirley (Horn) Spicehandler and had two daughters, Reena and Judith, who are both also rabbis.