Rabbi marc gellman biography

Rabbi Gellman was the youngest rabbi ever ordained by Hebrew Union College in 1972 and the only student ever to complete the six-year rabbinical program in two.
Marc was born at Unity Hospital on St John's Place in Brooklyn, NY. Growing up in the East New York section in the 1950s/'60s, most of his world existed on the.
Rabbi Marc Gellman began his studies in 1969 at the University of Wisconsin, and went on to attend the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

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Gellman, Marc

GELLMAN, Marc. American. Genres: Theology/Religion, Inspirational/Motivational Literature. Career: Reform rabbi and author of children's books. Beth Torah Synagogue, Melville, NY, rabbi; The God Squad (syndicated interfaith program), Faith & Values/VISN cable network, cohost, with Monsignor Thomas Hartman. Has made regular appearances on television and radio shows. Served on the faculty of Northwestern University and Hebrew Union College and as chair of the Medical Ethics Committee, UJA/Federation. Publications: FOR CHILDREN: Does God Have a Big Toe? Stories about Stories in the Bible, 1989; (with T. Hartman) Where Does God Live?, 1991; (with Hartman) How Do You Spell God? Answers to the Big Questions from Around the World, 1995; God's Mailbox: More Stories about Stories in the Bible, 1996; Always Wear Clean Underwear!: And Other Ways Parents Say I Love You, 1997. Contributor to books. Contributor of book reviews to periodicals. Address: Temple Beth Torah, 35 Bagatelle Rd., Melville, NY 11747, U.S.A.

Writers Directory 2005

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God Squad: 50 years as a rabbi

This year marks my 50th year as a rabbi. If you are not a paleontologist or an astronomer, 50 years is a long time and my colleagues from my ordination class have all pitched in to share their memories and lessons from a half a century of working in the fields of the Lord. The danger here is obvious. I don’t want to trivialize a lifetime in the rabbinate with a few banal and trivial observations and yet 50 years is time enough to have learned things that only clergy (of any faith) can learn. Here are some of those things that have floated to the top of my soul.

The only way to be a good rabbi is to have a deep belief in God. I remember one of our God Squad shows where my dear friend Father Tom Hartman (may his memory be for a blessing) and I interviewed some rabbinical students from my seminary. Tommy asked them if they believed in God which I thought to be a weird question to ask them considering their choice of career, but their answers were deeply disturbing to him and to me. Most of them were just not sure if God existed. They even defended t

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The God Squad (Telecare)

American television program

The God Squad was an American television program which featured Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Tom Hartman discussing issues related to religion. The program went off the air on 2007 though the duo continued to appear under the name on other programs including Good Morning America.^[1]

The program was produced at Telecare, the cable channel of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre on New York's Long Island.^[1] As "The God Squad", the two clergymen also made recurring appearances on Good Morning America starting in 1995, addressing issues of religion and spirituality.^[2]^[3] They also appeared on Imus in the Morning.^[1] The pair was featured as animated characters in an HBO special based on their children's book, How Do You Spell God?: Answers to the Big Questions From Around the World.^[4] The book was recognized with the Christopher Award in 1991.^[3] The "God Squad" was also the subject on "CBS News Sunday Morning" April 23, 2000.

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