a lifetime of leadership and innovation

During his rabbinate Rabbi Limmer has served as chair of the Justice, Peace & Civil Liberties of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Vice-Chair of the URJ’s Commission on Social Action, Dean of Faculty for Eisner and Crane Lake Camps, Adjunct Professor at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and currently serves As the Vice President of Leadership of the CCAR.

In recognition of his lead role in organizing the Reform Movement’s participation in the NAACP’s 2015 America’s Journey for Justice, Rabbi Limmer accepted the Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award, the highest honor of the URJ.

A thought leader in the Jewish world, he is the author of many articles, 2016 saw the publication of his first full-length book, Medieval Midrash: The House for Inspired Innovation. Rabbi Limmer also served as co-editor of Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority, published by CCAR Press in 2018.

In 2021, Rabbi Limmer was appointed to serve on the Illinois State Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes, and was a founding member of the Faith Leader Social Justice Advisory Committee to the Mayor of Chicago.