Rabbi Jonathan Shulman is the Director of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at the University of Pennsylvania and the Orthodox Rabbi of Penn Hillel.
He received his BA in Foreign Affairs from The University of Virginia, and, during his studies at Yeshivat Mir, he received his rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Shear-Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Haifa. He is currently a member of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA). Prior to working for the OU at Penn, Rabbi Shulman served as the director for the Overseas Learning Program at the Afikim Jewish Center at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has held teaching positions at Yeshivat Shvilei Hatorah and Yeshivat Torat Chayim in Jerusalem. He served as a rabbinic intern with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat, receiving individual training in pastoral counseling, communal work and ceremony. Rabbi Shulman has also worked in international development in northern India, restaurant management and development, and is an Iyengar yoga instructor.
In his time at Penn, Rabbi Shulman (or "Rav Jonathan" as he is affectionately known by his students) has brought energy, passion, and openness to Jewish life on campus. He teaches a variety of classes including in-depth Talmud, parshat hashavua, and halacha. In addition, he pioneered The Penn Learning Initiative which has engaged a diverse group of dozens of students in active learning and discussion. He learns with dozens of individual students weekly in personal one-to-one sessions, and his Shabbat table is always full with undergraduates, graduate students and community members from across the Penn community. Additionally, Rabbi Shulman serves as the posek, ritual official and personal caregiver for the over 400 person orthodox community at Penn.
He is originally from Washington, DC and now lives with his wife Jenny and two children Eliyahu and Chana in Philadelphia, PA.
He received his BA in Foreign Affairs from The University of Virginia, and, during his studies at Yeshivat Mir, he received his rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Shear-Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Haifa. He is currently a member of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA). Prior to working for the OU at Penn, Rabbi Shulman served as the director for the Overseas Learning Program at the Afikim Jewish Center at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has held teaching positions at Yeshivat Shvilei Hatorah and Yeshivat Torat Chayim in Jerusalem. He served as a rabbinic intern with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat, receiving individual training in pastoral counseling, communal work and ceremony. Rabbi Shulman has also worked in international development in northern India, restaurant management and development, and is an Iyengar yoga instructor.
In his time at Penn, Rabbi Shulman (or "Rav Jonathan" as he is affectionately known by his students) has brought energy, passion, and openness to Jewish life on campus. He teaches a variety of classes including in-depth Talmud, parshat hashavua, and halacha. In addition, he pioneered The Penn Learning Initiative which has engaged a diverse group of dozens of students in active learning and discussion. He learns with dozens of individual students weekly in personal one-to-one sessions, and his Shabbat table is always full with undergraduates, graduate students and community members from across the Penn community. Additionally, Rabbi Shulman serves as the posek, ritual official and personal caregiver for the over 400 person orthodox community at Penn.
He is originally from Washington, DC and now lives with his wife Jenny and two children Eliyahu and Chana in Philadelphia, PA.
