Gordon Freeman, Rabbi, PhD
Biography
	Gordon Freeman was ordained as a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary, received his M.A. in Government at New York University, his B.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.  In addition, he was awarded the Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causis) by the Jewish Theological Seminary.  After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he has served as the rabbi of Congregation B’nai Shalom in Walnut Creek, California.
Publications
	He has co-authored, authored and co-edited three books and has written numerous articles on the Jewish political tradition and liturgy. His books include (with Nikos Stavroulakis), Proverbs and People: A Midrash on the Hebrew Alphabet, published by Judah Magnes Museum, The Heavenly Kingdom: Aspects of Political Thought in the Talmud and Midrash, published by University Press of America and (co-editor with Rabbi Perry Rank) Morh Derekh: A Rabbi’s Guide, published by the Rabbinical Assembly.  In addition he authored a major essay, “Israelite Society In Transition” which is included in Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, published by the Rabbinical Assembly.
Honors
	Rabbi Freeman has been an officer of the Rabbinical Assembly, an international organization of Conservative Rabbis and has held several leadership positions in that organization.  He has been a Scholar-in-Residence and lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and has taught at the University of Judaism and the Graduate Theological Union.  He serves on the Board of Editors of the journal, Jewish Political Studies Review.  He is an associate of the Center for Jewish Communal Studies as well as the Jerusalem Center for Public Policy.  He is a Hebrew Calligrapher and is currently working on a calligraphic interpretation of the Book of Psalms using several media.