Rabbi Bob Kaplan

Senior Adviser, JCRCNY

Bob Kaplan is currently the Senior Advisor of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC) previously serving as the founding Executive Director of The Center for Shared Society division. The Center for A Shared Society seeks to honor the dignity of others is order to harness diversity as a value, engage diverse leaders from across New York City’s government, business, faith and not-for-profit sectors to help diverse communities thrive, prosper and create a better quality of life making a consistently changing New York City with a complex NEW DIVERSITY. The Center focuses on leadership in diversity, cultural humility, conflict prevention, coalition building and community building. Rabbi Kaplan serves as a Commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights and co-chairs the Governor's Hate and Bias Task Force Mr. Kaplan serves as a member of Bronx Community Board 8, the Mayor’s PATH (Partners Against the Hate) Task Force and the Interfaith Advisory Committee for the NYC Department of Education. He sits on the Advisory Board of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council (The God Squad) Brooklyn’s premier anti-gun violence initiative. He currently serves on the boards of YouthBridge-NY, the Interfaith Center of New York, the Family Health Centers at NYU- Langone, theHolocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College, the steering committee of the Faith-Based Anti-Racism Coalition and the Interfaith Advisory Committee of Northwell Health and Emblem Health. He likewise serves as a Clergy Liaison to the Chief of the Department of the New York Police Department (NYPD) and a Chaplain to the MTA Police.