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Eli Rubin
is a contributing editor at Chabad.org, and the author of Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism, forthcoming from Stanford University Press. He received his PhD from the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London.
His articles on the intellectual and social history of Chabad Hasidism have appeared in academic journals, including the AJS Review, Shofar, and In Geveb, and in public-facing publications such as Jewish Currents and The Lehrhaus. Many of his articles can also be found here: ucl.academia.edu/EliRubin
He has also been a podcast guest on 18forty, the Podcast of Jewish Ideas, and Seforim Chatter. Click here to listen in!
Eli Rubin is available for public lectures, book talks, and more. Click here to make an inquiry!
NEW!
Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity:
An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism
(Stanford University Press, 2025)
"Rubin's book offers an exciting new way of thinking about Jewish modernity, making this one of the most original and interesting books in Jewish Studies of our time."
— Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College
"Chabad's rich intellectual history and its place in the broad existential currents of modernity finally get their due with Rubin's stupendous book, which like its author, is a wonder of erudition, insight, and humility."
— Yehudah Mirsky, Brandeis University
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