René Gutman

René Gutman (born in Rouen in 1950) was Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg from 1987 to 2017.

During this period he joined the religious youth movement Yeshouroun under the direction of Henri and Liliane Ackermann, among several future leaders of the French rabbinate.

Gutman holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne University) where he attended the seminar of Rabbi Charles Touati on Talmudic and Rabbinic Judaism.

Former member of the National Ethics Council on AIDS, Permanent Representative of the Conference of European Rabbis at the Council of Europe, he also participates in inter-religious dialogue.

He also acts for dialogue beyond the Monotheistic Religions and met with religious representatives from the Far East (Religions for Peace, "Hommes de Parole", 2007 Kyoto Conference ).