Joshua Kulp


Rabbi Joshua Kulp is an American-Israeli Talmudic scholar.

Early life and education

Kulp was born on July 16, 1970, in the United States and grew up in Margate, New Jersey. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and his PhD in Talmud at Bar-Ilan University. In 2023, Kulp received semikhah from Hadar as a member of Hadar's first cohort of rabbinical students.

Career

Kulp is especially known for his commentary on the Haggadah.
Kulp was one of the founders of the Conservative Yeshiva, where he is a faculty member and senior scholar. He also coordinates the online Mishnah Yomit and Daf Shevui projects through the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, the congregational organization for Conservative Judaism.

Personal life

He has two daughters and two sons and lives in Modi'in as of 2023.

Books

The Schechter Haggadah, 2009Reconstructing the Talmud, Mechon Hadar, 2014