Jerome Cutler

Jerome "Jerry" Cutler is an American Conservative rabbi and the founder of the Creative Arts Temple in West [Los Angeles, California].

Personal life

Cutler was born in New York City, the son of an Orthodox rabbi. He was ordained at the age of 24 and served at a Conservative congregation in Stamford, Connecticut.
He became a talent agent after several years performing as a comedian in the Catskills and Atlantic City. He soon moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a publicist for American International Pictures' beach [party film]s. In 1972, he founded the Synagogue for the Performing Arts for local Jews in show business, now led by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.
Cutler was a content advisor to the cartoon Bible series, The [Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible], produced by Hanna-Barbera.