ABSTRACT
The Reform rabbi Arik Ascherman is originally from the United States, but lives in Israel. He studied at Harvard University and received rabbinic ordination at the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. He currently heads the Rabbis for Human Rights organization and works in the field of dialogue and cooperation between Jews and Arabs. In Israel he lived in the Arab village Tamra, among other places, and also served as a rabbi in the Reform kibbutz Yael. The rabbi's wife is Einat Ramon, who was the first Israeli-born woman ever to receive rabbinic ordination. The Aschermans are thus the only rabbinic couple currently living in Israel.
