Wolf Gunther Plaut, CC OOnt (November 1, 1912 – February 8, 2012) was an American Reform rabbi and writer who was based in Canada.

[2] Gunther had a younger brother, Walter, who was the Rabbi of Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, NY at the time of his death in 1964 at the age of 44.

He was eventually assigned to the 104th Infantry "Timberwolf" Division and served as a frontline chaplain with the 104th in Belgium and Germany.

He published a volume of commentary on the Torah[5] and Haftarah, which has become the standard Humash used by the Reform movement.

A number of years ago, Plaut was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and withdrew from all public activities.