David Elitzer (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion expecting to graduate in 2026. After graduating with a BA in Archaeology from Brown University, David was awarded a Marshall Scholarship to study wartime cultural heritage destruction. During this time, he received an MSc in International Public Policy from University College London and an MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies from the University of Cambridge. He has conducted archaeology and cultural heritage fieldwork in Israel, Turkey, Italy, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. While participating in a protest co-organized by T’ruah against Amazon and its collaboration with ICE on Tisha B’Av 5779/2019, David was inspired by the capacity of rabbinic leadership to motivate people to act for a more just society and decided to pursue the rabbinate himself. David grew up in New York City attending Congregation Rodeph Sholom. He prefers sesame bagels and has a dachshund named Earl.
