Rabbi Herbert Mandl is a native of Baltimore, MD and graduated in 1965 cum laude A.B. in German and Semitics from Johns Hopkins University.
In 1969 Rabbi Mandl received his Master’s Degree in Hebrew Literature and was ordained as a Rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He was the recipient of the Joseph Zubow Award in Jewish Law. He received his Orthodox smicha ordination from Rabbi Aryeh Leib Spitz.
In 1981 Rabbi Mandl received a Ph.D. magna cum laude in Medieval Philosophy and Law from the University of Montreal where his dissertation was on the Jewish Matrimonial Law in comparison to the Christian laws of the time.
Rabbi Mandl received his Doctor of Divinity degree in 1994 from JTS. He has served as rabbi of congregations and served in academic positions in Edmonton and Montreal, Canada. He served as Senior Rabbi of Kehilath Israel since 1977 and became Rabbi Emeritus in 2012. He has served on many commissions, boards and committees in the Jewish, civic and community. In his continuing academic pursuits, he was honored by the Vatican by allowing him to do research in the Vatican Library in 2013.
Rabbi Herbert J. Mandl, Ph.D.
Rabbi Emertitus, Kehilath Israel Synagogue
Board Member