Jonathan Muskat

Jonathan Muskat is the rabbi of the Young Israel of Oceanside, a vibrant Long Island community, a position he has held for more than twenty years. He is also a Judaic studies teacher at Shulamith High School for Girls, a doctoral student in Jewish Studies at Gratz College, and a pastoral healthcare liaison at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital. Rabbi Muskat received rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University, where he also earned a master’s degree in medieval Jewish history. He received his law degree from New York University School of Law and practiced corporate law at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson for four and a half years. He also writes a weekly blog in The Times of Israel on contemporary Jewish issues.