Professor Daniel Fainstein is Dean and Professor of Jewish Studies at the Universidad Hebraica de México. He completed his academic training with honors at the University of Buenos Aires, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he earned a Ph.D. summa cum laude in Political and Social Sciences. He received his rabbinical training at the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary “M. T. Meyer” and completed advanced specialization in Jewish education and philosophy through the Jerusalem Fellows Program at the Mandel Center for Educational Leadership.
Dr. Fainstein has served as Dean of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary “M. T. Meyer” and as Director of the Central Council of Jewish Education of the Argentine Republic. He has been a visiting lecturer and academic advisor at universities and educational institutions across Latin America, Europe, Israel, and the United States.
His publications include the book Judaism, Human Rights, and Spirituality (Editorial Shalom, São Paulo, 2013); the anthology Jews and Judaism in History (2017); and numerous scholarly articles and chapters. Among them are: “A Pluralism Based on Honesty and Mutual Understanding: Rabbi Marshall Meyer and the Judeo-Christian Dialogue,” in The Second Vatican Council and the Jews (Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires, 2016); “Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer as a Transnational Expatriate and Innovative Religious Entrepreneur: From the USA to Argentina and Back,” Contemporary Jewry 41, no. 4 (2022); and Being Jewish in Latin America: Leadership, Belongings, Practices, and Beliefs (Mexico City and Buenos Aires, 2022).