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'''Daniel Lapin''' (born January 1, 1947) is an American rabbi of Orthodox Judaism, author, and public speaker. He was previously the founding rabbi of the Pacific Jewish Center in Venice, California,<ref>{{cite web|last=Talk Radio Network |title=Rabbi Daniel Lapin Discusses Whether Netanyahu Will Press The White House Hard on Iran |url=http://www.trn1.com/rabbi-daniel-lapin-discusses-whether-netanyahu-will-press-the-white-house-h |access-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511095452/http://www.trn1.com/rabbi-daniel-lapin-discusses-whether-netanyahu-will-press-the-white-house-h |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> and the former head of Toward Tradition, the Commonwealth Loan Company and the Cascadia Business Institute. Lapin currently hosts a daily television program with his wife, Susan, and provides spiritual advice to people through his website.<ref>{{ cite web | last=World Mag | title=Deuteronomy Duo | url=http://www.worldmag.com/archives/1997-02-15 |access-date = June 26, 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Lapin was born on January 1, 1947, in Johannesburg, South Africa,<ref>{{cite web|last=Jewish News of Greater Phoenix |title=Forgiving New Jewish Ties |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/971114/safrica.shtml |access-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610071033/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/971114/safrica.shtml |archive-date=June 10, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> to a family of Lithuanian Jewish descent; the son of Rabbi A.H. (Avraham Hyam) Lapin, a rabbinical leader in South Africa and great-nephew of Rabbi Elya Lopian.<ref>[https://rabbidaniellapin.com/soul-snatchers/ Article by Lapin discussing Rabbi Lopian]</ref> He is the eldest of four siblings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Formicola|first1=Jo Renee|title=Religious Leaders and Faith-based Politics: Ten Profiles|last2=Morken|first2=Hubert|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2001|isbn=0847699633|pages=98}}</ref><!-- BLP statement failed verification, removed as such but left the source --><ref>{{cite web|last=The Interim |title=Q and A with: Rabbi Daniel Lapin |url=http://www.theinterim.com/2006/oct/14QandA.html |access-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104190534/http://www.theinterim.com/2006/oct/14QandA.html |archive-date=January 4, 2015 |df=mdy }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2021}}
Before coming to the United States, he studied in yeshivas in Gateshead and Jerusalem. Lapin has rabbinic ordination from three institutions: Gateshead Yeshiva (1969); Yeshiva Knesset Hezekiah in Israel (1972); and from Rabbi Jacob Ruderman in Baltimore, Maryland (1975).<ref name=":0" />
While in his early twenties, he returned to South Africa and taught physics and Bible at Yeshiva College of South Africa. He initially planned to move to Israel but moved to New York and later California. He partnered with Matis Weinberg and started a yeshiva for high school and post-high school students in Santa Clara, California, in 1976.<ref name=":0" />
His family re-located to Washington State in 1991 to develop Toward Tradition and host a nationally syndicated weekly radio show.<ref>{{cite web | last=Catholic Education Resource Center | title=A Rabbi's Warning To U.S. Christians | url=http://catholiceducation.org/articles/persecution/pch0135.htm |access-date = June 15, 2012}}</ref>
Lapin has two brothers, David and Raphael, who are also Orthodox rabbis and have similar educational backgrounds. His sister is married to an American rabbi. Lapin's wife and business partner, Susan Lapin, is also an author and lecturer.<ref>{{cite web | last=Jewish World Reviews | title=Opening The Book on Hate | url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1100/closing.book.html |access-date = June 15, 2012}}</ref>
== Professional career ==
=== Pacific Jewish Center === From 1976 until 1991 Lapin was the rabbi of the Pacific Jewish Center in Venice, California.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Pacific Jewish Center |title=About Us |url=http://www.pjcenter.com/aboutus.htm |access-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614022731/http://www.pjcenter.com/aboutus.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>Prayer Shawls, Flip-Flops Mingle at 'Shul on the Beach', by Rebecca Spence, Forward, September 26, 2007 [http://www.forward.com/articles/11708/]</ref><ref>Religion and Prime Time Television By Michael Suman, UCLA Center for Communication Policy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 116</ref><ref>Wenig, Gaby (July 3, 2003) [http://www.jewishjournal.com/community/article/new_rabbi_hopes_more_families_enjoy_sun_surf_shabbat_at_pjc_20030704 New Rabbi Hopes More Families Enjoy Sun, Surf, and Shabbat at PFC] "Jewish Journal of Los Angeles". ''Jewish Journal '' Retrieved 2009-12-22</ref>
=== Broadcasting and television === In 1995, Lapin began to broadcast a weekly radio talk show on KVI in Seattle.<ref>{{cite news | last=The Seattle Times | title=Film Critic Michael Medved Will Likely Get KVI Talk Slot | url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960625/2336194/film-critic-michael-medved-will-likely-get-kvi-talk-slot |access-date = June 15, 2012 | date=June 25, 1996}}</ref><ref>Green, Norman (July 27, 1996) [https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960727/2341147/hot-talk-radio-rabbi-sees-role-for-the-right----conservatism-unites-faiths-says-daniel-lapin Hot Talk' Radio Rabbi Sees Role For The Right – Conservatism Unites Faiths, Says Daniel Lapin.], ''The Seattle Times'' Retrieved 2009-12-22</ref> The show ended in 2006 when he began hosting a Sunday afternoon radio show on KSFO in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|last=KSFO 560 Hot Talk |title=Rabbi Daniel Lapin |url=http://www.ksfo.com/showdj.asp?DJID=32341 |access-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505055308/http://ksfo.com/showdj.asp?DJID=32341 |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Truth Tellers |title=Rabbi Lapin: Christians Under Relentless Attack By Secular Judaism |url=http://www.truthtellers.org/alerts/rabbilapin.html |access-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630102018/http://www.truthtellers.org/alerts/rabbilapin.html |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> Lapin has also been a frequent guest of Dave Ramsey on ''The Dave Ramsey Show'' on radio and television<ref>{{cite web | last=A Real Change | title=Dave Ramsey & Rabbi Daniel Lapin Speak About Dale Carnegie | date=30 March 2012 | url=http://www.arealchange.com/blog/dave-ramsey-rabbi-daniel-lapin-speak-dale-carnegie-making-money-honor-relationship-wealth-creation | access-date=June 16, 2012 | archive-date=14 June 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614201555/http://www.arealchange.com/blog/dave-ramsey-rabbi-daniel-lapin-speak-dale-carnegie-making-money-honor-relationship-wealth-creation | url-status=dead }} (Link Includes Embedded Video)</ref> and on the ''Glenn Beck Program'' on Fox News Channel and TheBlaze.
=== Lifecodex Publishing Company === Lapin is the founder of the Lifecodex Publishing Company.<ref>{{cite web | last=Hebrew Heritage Ministries International | title=Holy Warrior | url=http://www.hebroots.org/hebrootsarchive/0005/000508_h.html |access-date = June 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=RabbiDanielLapin | title=RabbiDanielLapin | url=http://www.rabbidaniellapin.com/ |access-date = June 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Dr. James Dobson Radio Broadcasts | title=The Battle For Civilization – I | url=http://www.drjamesdobson.org/Broadcasts/Broadcast?i=417f5f07-6fba-4bd6-95b5-6161703bb793%2F | access-date=June 15, 2012 | archive-date=January 4, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104181641/http://www.drjamesdobson.org/Broadcasts/Broadcast?i=417f5f07-6fba-4bd6-95b5-6161703bb793%2F | url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Publications and lectures == === Lectures and speeches === === Books === Lapin has written many books, most of them self-published by LifeCodex publishing, most of which are available only as audio books. * ''America's Real War'' Multnomah Books, division of Random House, 2012 <ref>{{cite web | last=WaterBrook Mulnomah | title=Author Spotlight – Rabbi Daniel Lapin | url=http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/author-spotlight.php?authorid=74982 | access-date=June 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317063235/http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/author-spotlight.php?authorid=74982 | archive-date=March 17, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Awards and recognition == Lapin has received endorsements from Dave Ramsey, Dr. Kenneth L. Hutcherson, Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Pat Robertson, and Zig Ziglar.<ref>{{cite web | last=RabbiDanielLapin | title=Endorsements | url=http://www.rabbidaniellapin.com/dynpage.php?id=3 | access-date=June 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129152054/http://rabbidaniellapin.com/dynpage.php?id=3 | archive-date=January 29, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 1998, he was recognized by ''Seattle Magazine'' as one of the "Four Faces of Faith" and featured in an article that included three other religious leaders.
In 2007, he was named by ''Newsweek'' as one of the top 50 rabbis in America.<ref>{{cite web | last=Newsweek (retrieved from The Daily Beast) | title=The Top 50 Rabbis in America | website=The Daily Beast | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/04/01/the-top-50-rabbis-in-america.html | access-date = June 16, 2012}}</ref>
== Links to Jack Abramoff == Lapin has been linked to the scandal of Jack Abramoff through his organization Toward Tradition. From the early 1990s until 2004, Abramoff was a board member of the organization, which required its board members to contribute at least $10,000 per year to the organization, and served a few terms as chairman of the board. Abramoff met his contribution one year by donating $10,000 from the Capital Athletic Foundation, an organization Abramoff controlled. E-mails later surfaced that were alleged to have been sent between Lapin and Abramoff. In these e-mails, Abramoff requests that Lapin create fake awards for Talmudic studies to help Abramoff gain admittance to the Cosmos Club in Washington, D. C. Lapin later released a formal statement confirming that no awards were ever issued to Abramoff, and stated that he was joking in the e-mails and believed that Abramoff was as well.<ref>{{cite news | last=The Seattle Times | title=Abramoff Used Area Foundation As A Conduit For Money | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002728644_lapin09m.html | access-date=June 16, 2012 | date=January 9, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630225805/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002728644_lapin09m.html | archive-date=June 30, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>Curtius, Mary. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-25-na-jack25-story.html "A Lobbyist's E-Mail Train of Billing, Status, Charity."] ''The Los Angeles Times''. June 25, 2005</ref>
==Family== Lapin told the interviewer that he "is the oldest child" brother of Rabbi David Lapin and Rabbi Raphael Lapin; their sister is Rebbetzin Judith Chill.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Genealogy - Geni - private profile - Genealogy|url=https://www.geni.com/people/private/348994016040011495|website=www.geni.com|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> Their father was the notable South African Rabbi Avraham Hyam Lapin (1912–1991), who was a nephew of Rabbi Elyah Lopian (1876–1970).<ref name=":0" /> Lapin married Susan Friedberg on 15 May 1979. They have six daughters and one son.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * [http://www.rabbidaniellapin.com/ Official Rabbi Daniel Lapin site] * {{C-SPAN|38851}}
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