{{Short description|Israeli Talmudic scholar}} thumb|Image of Josh Kulp {{use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Rabbi Joshua Kulp''' ({{Langx|he|יהושע קולפ}}; born July 16, 1970) is an American-Israeli Talmudic scholar.
==Early life and education== Kulp was born on July 16, 1970, in the United States and grew up in Margate, New Jersey.<ref name =Ahren2009>{{cite web |last1=Ahren |first1=Raphael |title=Ah, So That's Why We Suffer |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5028402 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401171223/https://www.haaretz.com/1.5028402 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |date =March 27, 2009|website=Haaretz |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and his PhD in Talmud at Bar-Ilan University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joshua Kulp |url=https://www.sefaria.org/topics/joshua-kulp?tab=sources |website =Sefaria |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> In 2023, Kulp received semikhah from Hadar as a member of Hadar's first cohort of rabbinical students.<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=hadarinstitute |postid=CteMjJNsGJ9 |title=Meet Joshua Kulp, one of the 12 talented rabbis we are excited to celebrate in just a few weeks on the 26th of June, as Hadar ordains its first-ever cohort of rabbis |date=14 June 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Kulp is especially known for his commentary on the Haggadah.<ref name =Ahren2009/><ref>{{cite web|last=Harris |first=Ben |url=http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=11397 |title=The new traditional Haggadah |publisher=The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle |date=2009-04-02 |accessdate=2012-05-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213231519/http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=11397 |archivedate=2012-02-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Dr. Ruchama Weiss |author2=Rabbi Levi Brackman |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3689578,00.html |title=Schechter Haggadah sheds historical light on ancient ritual |publisher=Ynetnews |date=20 March 2009 |accessdate=2012-05-05}}</ref>
Kulp was one of the founders of the Conservative Yeshiva, where he is ({{as of |lc=yes|2022}}) a faculty member and senior scholar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our team |url=https://fuchsbergcenter.org/our-team/ |website=Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center |access-date=1 April 2022 |date=27 May 2021}}</ref> He also coordinates the online Mishnah Yomit<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fuchsbergcenter.org/mishnah-yomit/ |title=Mishnah Yomit |website=Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center |accessdate=2024-12-25 }}</ref> and Daf Shevui<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fuchsbergcenter.org/daf-shevui-talmud/ |title=Daf Shevui |website=Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center |accessdate=2024-12-25 }}</ref> projects through the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center,<ref>Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center</ref> the congregational organization for Conservative Judaism.
==Personal life== He has two daughters (Zoey and Rakia) and two sons (Yadin and Anan) and lives in Modi'in as of 2023.<ref name =Ahren2009/>
==Books== * ''The Schechter Haggadah'', 2009<ref name="jpost1">{{cite web|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1238562888219&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=Israel News |publisher=Fr.jpost.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-05}}{{dead link|date=February 2014}}</ref> * ''Reconstructing the Talmud'', Mechon Hadar, 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mechonhadar.org/publications/reconstructing-the-talmud |title=Reconstructing the Talmud|date=October 15, 2014 }}</ref>
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