Seth Goren

Background

About Seth Goren

Originally from Philadelphia, Seth lives in Toronto and is Hillel Ontario's Chief Executive Officer and a doctoral candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. After earning a B.A. and M.A. in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania and teaching English in the Czech Republic, Seth received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and practiced human rights, commercial, and consumer protection law. Seth's commitment to interfaith conversations, social justice, learning, and community-building led him to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's rabbinical school as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. He served as the Executive Director of Repair the World: Philadelphia and as the first Director of Jewish Student Life and Associate Chaplain at Lehigh University, where he also taught courses on interfaith dialogue and Jewish law. Seth is an avid Bruce Springsteen and crossword puzzle aficionado, a tea drinker, and the proud father of a delightful fourteen-year-old.