David Saperstein (rabbi)
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David Saperstein is a rabbi, lawyer, and Reform Jewish community leader, serving as the director and counsel of the movement's Religious Action Center for more than 30 years.[1] Saperstein succeeded rabbi Richard Hirsch as the leader of the Religious Action Center, the Washington D.C.-based political lobbying arm of the Reform movement, where he works to preserve church-state separation, and maintain a liberal outlook in the Supreme Court. He currently co-chairs the Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty, and serves on the boards of the NAACP and People For the American Way. In 1999, Saperstein was elected as the first Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.[2]
Saperstein lives in Washington with his two teenage sons and his wife, Ellen Weiss, the vice president for news at National Public Radio.[3]
