Rabbi Elie Buechler serves as the Director of Programs at OU Advocacy and Associate Director for Interfaith Engagement at the Orthodox Union (OU). He previously led the Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) at Columbia University and Barnard College (2022–2025) and was the Assistant Rabbi of The Jewish Center in New York City (2019–2022).

Rabbi Buechler studied at Yeshivat Orayta, earned his B.A. from Brandeis University, and received semikha from RIETS at Yeshiva University. He also holds a master’s degree in Medieval Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, where he is currently pursuing his doctorate in the same field. He lives with his family in Teaneck, NJ.