Joseph Potasnik is a rabbi and radio show host. He currently serves as the executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis.

Biography and education

Born in Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, Potasnik is the only child of two Holocaust survivors.

Potasnik graduated from Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...

 in 1972 and continued on to receive a master's degree

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

 from Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies

Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies

The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies was Yeshiva University’s first graduate school. Founded in 1937, it was named for Yeshiva University's first president, Bernard Revel...

, a division of YU. He then obtained a law degree from Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn Law School is a law school located in Brooklyn Heights, in Downtown Brooklyn, New York.-History:Founded in 1901 by William Payson Richardson and Norman P. Heffley, Brooklyn Law School was the first law school on Long Island. Using space provided by Heffley’s business school, the law...

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Potasnik officiated at the wedding of Brooklyn Borough President

Borough president

Borough President is an elective office in each of the five boroughs of New York City.-Reasons for establishment:...

 Marty Markowitz

Marty Markowitz

Marty Markowitz is the Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City, the most populous borough in New York City with nearly 2.6 million residents. Markowitz was first elected borough president in 2001 after serving 23 years as a New York State Senator...

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Career

Potasnik is the senior rabbi at Congregation Mt. Sinai in Brooklyn Heights, New York.

Together with Deacon Kevin McCormack

Kevin McCormack

Kevin J. McCormack is a Roman Catholic deacon with the Diocese of Rockville Centre, assigned to Our Lady of Peace parish in Lynbrook, New York...

, Potasnik co-hosts Religion on the Line on WABC (AM)

WABC (AM)

WABC , known as "NewsTalkRadio 77 WABC" is a radio station in New York City. Owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of Cumulus Media Networks...

 radio; Potasnik has been with the show since its inception in 1982. He is the religious commentator for WINS (AM)

WINS (AM)

WINS , known on-air as "Ten-Ten Wins", is a radio station in New York City, owned by CBS Radio. WINS's studios are in the combined CBS Radio facility at 345 Hudson Street in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, and transmitting towers in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.WINS is one of the nation's oldest...

 radio.

In the past, he has served as FDNY and Fraternal Order of Police

Fraternal Order of Police

The Fraternal Order of Police is an organization of sworn law enforcement officers in the United States. It claims a membership of over 325,000 members organized in 2100 local chapters , organized into local lodges, state lodges, and the national Grand Lodge...

chaplains.