Zohar Atkins is a first-year rabbinical school student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He holds an AB in Classics and Judaic Studies and an AM in History from Brown. He recently completed his doctorate in theology at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, where he wrote on Heidegger and the relationship between ontology and ethics. Zohar is also a published poet and teacher of poetry. He hopes to integrate the virtues of scholarship and love through teaching, writing, and pastoral care.