Rabbi Joseph Ruben Radinsky was the rabbi of the United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston, Texas from 1976 through 2003 and is now Rabbi Emeritus. He is married to Juliette. They have three children and eleven grandchildren.

During his 27 year tenure, Rabbi Radinsky was the Chairman of the Houston Kashruth Association, Chairman of Houston Chevra Kadisha and the Chairman of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Houston Israel Bonds. He was a member of the Executive Board of the Rabbinical Council of America and was a member of the UJA Rabbinic Cabinet. He has been President of the Kallah of Texas Rabbis, President of the Houston Rabbinic Association, and Chairman of the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations in Lafayette, Indiana.

Rabbi Radinsky received his education at Yeshiva University, the University of Washington, where he received an M.A. in English, Harvard University, where he received an M.A. in Comparative Literature, and Hebrew Theological College, where he received Smicha.

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