Rabbi Steven Pruzansky has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey, since 1994. Previously, Rabbi Pruzansky was for nine years the spiritual leader of Congregation Etz Chaim in Kew Gardens Hills, New York. Rabbi Pruzansky earned his BA from Columbia University and his JD from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law. He practiced law for 13 years until assuming his current pulpit. Rabbi Pruzansky studied in yeshivot in Israel and the United States, and was ordained at Yeshiva Bnei Torah of Far Rockaway, New York under the guidance of Rabbi Yisrael Chait, shlit a. He currently sits on the RCA s Executive Committee. His previous books are A Prophet for Today: Contemporary Lessons from the Book of Yehoshua and Judges for our Time: Contemporary Lessons from the Book of Shoftim.