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Rabbi David Jaffe is the Founder and Principal of the Kirva Institute.  He received his rabbinic ordination from the Bat Ayin Yeshiva in Israel and has a B.A. in History from Cornell University, an M.A. in Jewish studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Masters of Social Work from Columbia University.  He is currently the Mashgiach Ruchani/Spiritual Advisor at Gann Academy in Waltham, MA where he previously served as an instructor of Rabbinics and Dean. 

David’s teaching, organizing, writing and consulting explore the intersection of moral-spiritual development and ethical action in the world.  Before receiving rabbinic ordination he served as the Director of Social Justice Programs for the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston and was a founding board member of Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps.  He is currently working on a book about the inner-life and social activism to be published in 2016. 

David teaches and consults nationally and throughout the Boston area with such groups as The Mussar Institute, The Institute for Jewish Spirituality, The David Project, JOIN for Justice, Hebrew College/CJP and the Boston JCRC.   He is a Dorot Fellow, member of the AJWS Global Justice Fellowship and charter member of the International Rabbinic Fellowship.  David lives in Sharon, MA with his wife Janette and two boys, Tani (13) and Binyamin (12).