Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Pharmaceutics, University of Buenos Aires. Three Master’s degrees: in Education from The Hebrew University, in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem, and in Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary, Jerusalem. Ordained Rabbi at  the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary of Buenos Aires, 1992, and HUC-JIR in Jerusalem, 1993. Member of the Central Conference of American Rabbi (CCAR) and a graduate of the Jewish Agency’s Jerusalem Fellows program. Founder of the Arlene Fern Community School in Buenos Aires. Serves as Rabbi at Templo Libertad, Argentina’s first Synagogue. First rabbi ever elected to public office in Argentina and served as representative of the City of Buenos Aires, 2011. Elected to represent the city at the nation’s congress, 2013. President Mauricio Macri named him Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, 2015-2019. Named one of the world’s 100 most influential leaders in the fight against climate change.  Appointed President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, 2020.