David N Saperstein

President, World Union for Progressive Judaism Senior Advisor to the URJ for Policy and Strategy Director Emeritus, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Rabbi Saperstein currently serves as the President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. For over two years (2015-2017), Rabbi Saperstein served his nation as the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, carrying out his responsibilities as the country’s chief diplomat on religious freedom issues. Also an attorney, he taught seminars on Church –State law and Jewish Law for 35 years at Georgetown University Law Center. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service's Center for Jewish Civilization as well as the Senior Advisor for Strategy and Policy for the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Saperstein is married to Ellen Weiss, an award-winning journalist, and has two sons, Daniel, a musician, and Ari, an artist and writer.