​Rabbi Alexander Grodensky was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and grew up in the Russian North. In 2015 he graduated from Abraham Geiger College in Berlin-Potsdam with a rabbinic ordination and from the University of Potsdam with a Master of Arts in Jewish Studies. Before joining Abraham Geiger College Rabbi Alexander studied in different yeshivot in Russia and Israel and was a fellow at Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Stockholm. During his rabbinic training he worked as a rabbinic intern in Hamburg, Vienna and Ridgewood, New Jersey. 

Rabbi Alexander is a board member of the European Rabbinic Assembly as well as a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the principal organisation of liberal rabbis worldwide, and of the General Rabbinical Conference of Germany (Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz Deutschland – ARK).

Rabbi Alexander is actively involved in inter-religious dialogue in Luxembourg, Germany and Europe-wide. 

In addition to his rabbinic training and Jewish Studies Rabbi Alexander holds graduate degrees in Public Administration from the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration in St. Petersburg and in Management from Lauder Business School in Vienna.

You can email Rabbi Alexander at rabbi@jkc.si

Please, ensure that you include your name and a phone number, if you would like the rabbi to get back to you. Rabbi Alexander is fluent in English, German and Russian.