Rabbi Francis Nataf is a respected educator and thinker, well known for his ability to find new ways of looking at Jewish texts and tradition and for his willingness to confront the community's problems head on. He is the author of Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Genesis (Urim: 2006) and Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Exodus (Urim: 2009) as well as of numerous articles for a variety of important Jewish periodicals and websites.