Arnold Eisen
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Arnold Eisen Eisen
The seminary's search committee has chosen an unusual candidate, Arnold Eisen, a Stanford University professor who is not a rabbi but is known as one of the country's leading scholars of modern Judaism. Dr. Eisen, a professor of Jewish culture and religion, did not return calls to his home and office yesterday, and officials at the seminary, which is in Morningside Heights, declined to say anything about the selection, which would still need to be confirmed by the seminary's board. Dr. Eisen's reputation as an intellectual and an expert on contemporary Judaism, Dr. Sarna said, would draw supporters across the theological spectrum and push the movement away from the infighting over Jewish law that has dogged it in recent years.