(Denver, Colorado) Jul 8, 2010 -- A native of Toronto, Canada, Rabbi Alter received his smicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University (RIETS) in 1997. He holds a Bachelors Degree from Yeshiva College and a Masters Degree in Medieval Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School.

Rabbi Alter has been the Head of School at the Denver Academy of Torah, and Senior Rabbi at the DAT Minyan since 2005. Prior to this position, Rabbi Alter served as Rabbi at the East Denver Orthodox Synagogue.

Rabbi Alter has been a member of the Rabbinical Council of America for more than twelve years and currently serves on the Executive Committee. He was an active member of the convention committee last year and was also an RCA representative for the RCA mission to the United Synagogue convention in Britain in 2003.

When reflecting on why he enjoys serving in the rabbinate – Rabbi Alter had this to say:

"Imagine if you could make a list of important values in your life. Imagine, once again, that you were able to fashion a job description in which 80% of your time was focused on those values and their implementation. This is the beauty of the Rabbinate - the ability to spend all my time teaching and learning Torah, doing chesed, building community. Who could ever ask for more?"