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any aspects of
Rabbi Rod Glo-
gower's existence
challenge the notion
of Orthodox spiritual leader.
His home in Ann Arbor is
surrounded by fraternity
and sorority houses; he
doesn't wear a beard, and
his clothing is quite modern.
He appears at ease with
both secular and Orthodox
Jews and spends much of
his time working with oth-
ers less observant than he
at the Hillel student center
in Ann Arbor and Midrasha
Adult Hebrew Learning
Center in Southfield.
Yet he and his family
observe the laws of kashrut
and Shabbat, and one of his
several jobs is acting as
clergy for the Orthodox com-
munity in the University of
Michigan vicinity.
Rabbi Glogower doesn't
view this dichotomy as
problematic, but instead as
the way he continues to live
in two worlds he very much
enjoys.
"I'm quite American,"
Rabbi Glogower said. "And
that is really a neutral
statement. I grew up on
Howdy Doody and the Lone
Ranger."
He collects vintage
Americana, too. Following a
week which includes
appearances as Midrasha's
scholar-in-residence, acting
as a resource and rabbi for
observant students at
Hillel, conducting services
for the Orthodox community
and teaching as an adjunct
lecturer at the U-M law
school, Rabbi Glogower rises
before dawn on Sunday
morning to hit the antique
shows and flea markets —
looking for baseball, Beatles
and Star Trek memorabilia.
"This is a totally different
world. It adds variety and
allows one to be free," Rabbi
Glogower said.
The freedom, so impor-
tant to this Orthodox spiri-
tual leader, has kept Rabbi
Glogower away from the
pulpit much of his life.
Following high school, he
attended Hebrew Theo-
logical College in Skokie,
Ill., during the day and
Loyola University at night.
Upon graduation, in 1972,
he enrolled in Israel's
Yeshiva-Midrasha Branch
of Machon Harry Fischel,
Rabbi Glogower: In two worlds.
where he received his ordi-
nation.
After returning to the
United States in 1974,
Rabbi Glogower obtained a
master's degree in Jewish
philosophy from the Yeshiva
University in New York.
By 1976, Rabbi Glogower
was anxious to fulfill a
pledge he had made to him-
self — to work with college
students. He interviewed
with Hillel. As a backup
Rabbi Glogower
rises before dawn
on Sunday to hit
the antique shows
and flea markets.
plan, he applied to Brandeis
University's post doctoral
program in Judaic studies.
Unable to find a Hillel
conducive to a young, single,
Orthodox leader, Rabbi
Glogower opted for further-
ing his education.
"It was definitely the
right thing to do. I
immersed myself in high-
level Judaic studies while
working part-time at
Brandeis Hillel under a
pretty radical leader. I
worked with the more tradi-
tional students," Rabbi
Glogower said. "My work
became a model for what I
do now.
"If you have the capabili-
ties, you can't stay in the
closet. I was a young
Orthodox rabbi working the
students, their problems,
their religious crises."