Rabbi Barry Kogan, Ph.D.

Dr. Kogan is the Clarence and Robert Efroymson Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Jewish Religious thought at HUC-JIR in Cincinnati, Ohio.  He earned his doctorate from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto after pursuing independent studies in Medieval Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His areas of interest are Medieval Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Modern Jewish Thought, Biblical Commentaries, Ethics, and the works of Judah Halevi.