Josh Franklin

Rabbi Josh Franklin is the Co-Senior Rabbi of Temple Judea in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where he serves alongside his colleague Rabbi Yaron Kapitulnik. He is the author of Where Are You? Finding Yourself in the Bible, and each year he reaches millions of viewers through his teaching and content on social media.

Previously, he spent nine years as Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton, where he helped revitalize and grow Jewish life through engaging programs, transformative learning, and inspiring worship. Each summer, hundreds gathered weekly for Shabbat on the Beach, a prayer experience that became a hallmark of the East End. Earlier in his career, he served as a rabbi at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

He was named to the 2021 Schneps Media Powerlist and honored by Dan’s Papers as one of its 2022 “People of the Year.” Ordained at Hebrew Union College after graduating magna cum laude from Clark University, he holds additional master’s degrees in Jewish Education and Hebrew Literature. He lives in Palm Beach Gardens with his wife and their two daughters.