Rachel Mikva

Rabbi Dr. Rachel S. Mikva is the Herman Schaalman Professor in Jewish Studies and Senior Faculty Fellow of the InterReligious Institute at Chicago Theological Seminary, following thirteen years as a congregational rabbi after her 1990 ordination at Hebrew Union College. Rabbi Mikva’s recent books include Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2020); Interreligious Studies: An Introduction (2023); and Monotheism and Pluralism (2024). She is currently working on a volume for Georgetown University Press: What Does It Mean to Be Human? Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives. She has served as a Trustee for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and on the advisory boards of Clergy for a New Drug Policy, J Street, and New Israel Fund.