Irwin Kula

Irwin Kula (born November 29, 1957) is an American rabbi and author, currently serving as the president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL).

Kula, speaking of the reality tv show Shalom in the Home of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, said: "He’s trying to take an ancient tradition that has been familial, tribal, and inwardly focused, and translate it into an American idiom so it can benefit the larger society.

[5] In January 2009, he also argued that the Jewish reaction to the lifting of the excommunication of bishop Richard Williamson was rather disproportionate.

[6] In July 2010 he strongly criticized the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization, for its opposition to the construction of Cordoba House, an Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near the World Trade Center site in New York City.

[8] He was named as one of the leaders shaping the American spiritual landscape by both Fast Company magazine and PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.