Jerome "Jerry" Cutler is an American Conservative rabbi and the founder of the Creative Arts Temple in West Los Angeles, California.
Cutler was born in New York City, the son of an Orthodox rabbi.
[1] He became a talent agent after several years performing as a comedian in the Catskills and Atlantic City.
He soon moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a publicist for American International Pictures' beach party films.
In 1972, he founded the Synagogue for the Performing Arts for local Jews in show business, now led by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.