Rabbi Gil Steinlauf

RABBI GIL STEINLAUF joined Adas Israel Congregation in Washington D.C. as senior rabbi in 2008. In 2014, he became the first senior rabbi of a large, historic, conservative congregation to come out as openly gay. As a result, he bridged the congregation’s traditional and less-traditional gaps, and fostered intelligent, authentic dialogue about LBGT issues, as well as many other cutting-edge issues, in twenty-first century Judaism and Jewish culture. In 2018, Steinlauf joined the Hineni Institute for LGBTQ Jewish Leadership in Washington, D.C. as its director, and is the Rabbi at Kol Shalom in Rockville, M.D.

Steinlauf is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, studied at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, earned an MHL from the University of Judaism, and received rabbinic ordination and an MA at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He helped pioneer three nationally recognized projects now operating out of Adas Israel: YP@AI for Jewish Young Professionals, MakomDC for twenty-first century experiential learning, and the Jewish Mindfulness Center of Washington for meditation, yoga, and contemplative Jewish practices. https://www.gilsteinlauf.com.