Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (1903 - 1993) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was the descendant of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty. As "Rosh Yeshiva" of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University in New York City, The Rav, as he came to be known, ordained close to 2,000 rabbis over the course of almost half a century.

Rabbi Dr. Norman ("Nachum") Lamm, (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), is a major American Modern Orthodox Jewish communal leader. He is presently the Chancellor of Yeshiva University. He was the third President of Yeshiva University (YU), and the first to be born in the USA. He also holds a Ph.D. in Jewish philosophy. He is a disciple of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (Modern Orthodoxy's most influential scholar), …

Aharon Lichtenstein (born in 1933) is a noted Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva. Rabbi Lichtenstein was born in France, but grew up in the United States, studied in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner. He earned a BA and "semicha" ("rabbinic ordination") at Yeshiva University and a PhD in English Literature at Harvard University, where he studied under Douglas Bush. After serving as Rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University for several years, …

David Hartman (born 1931) is an American rabbi and philosopher of contemporary Judaism and an internationally renowned Jewish author. Born in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, Hartman attended Yeshiva Chaim Berlin and the Lubavitch Yeshiva. In 1953, having studied with Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, he received his rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University in New York. He continued to study with Rabbi Soloveitchik until 1960, …

Rabbi Hershel Schachter (born 1941) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), Yeshiva University, in New York City. He is a noted Talmudic scholar and a prominent posek for the kashruth division of the Orthodox Union along with Rabbi Yisroel Belsky. At the age of 22, Rabbi Schachter was appointed as an assistant to the renowned Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik. Rabbi Schachter earned his B.A. from Yeshiva College, …

Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik, a method of highly exacting and analytical Talmudical study that focuses on precise definition/s and categorization/s of Jewish law as commanded in the Torah with particular emphasis on the legal writings of Maimonides. His primary work was "Chiddushei Rabbeinu Chaim", a volume of insights on Maimonides' Mishnah Torah which often would suggest novel understandings of the Talmud as well.

Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (1820-1892) was the author of Beis Halevi, by which name he is better known among Talmudical scholars. He was the great-grandson of Rabbi Chaim Volozhiner.

Yosef Blau is an Orthodox rabbi. He currently serves as the Mashgiach Ruchani, Director of Religious Guidance at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), Yeshiva University, since 1977. Current president of the Religious Zionists of America (RZA). Rabbi Blau earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from Yeshiva College. He earned a Masters of Science degree at the University's Belfer Graduate School of Science in 1960, …

Rabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik is the only son of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. He has worked as a professor at Yeshiva University.

Rabbi Mayer E. Twersky (b. October 17, 1960) is one of the Roshei Yeshiva at The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. His popular lectures emphasize a combination of penetrating conceptual analyses and deep ethical imperatives. Rabbi Twersky hails from the well-known chasidic family of Chernobyl. He is the younger son of Isadore Twersky and is a distant cousin of Rabbi Abraham Twerski. Other cousins include the Grand Rabbis of Chernobyl, …

Ephraim Buchwald is an influential Orthodox rabbi based in New York City. He was ordained at Yeshiva University, where he was a student of Rabbi Dr. Joseph Soloveitchik.

Rabbi Hershel Reichman is a Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University. Reichman is known for his patience and lucid teaching style, as well as his ability to give guidance and advice. A loyal student of both Rabbis Moses Feinstein and Joseph Soloveitchik, he has authored five volumes of "Reshimos Shiurim" which are lucid notes and explanations of Rabbi Soloveitchik's lectures on specific sections of the Talmud.

Rabbi Dr. Baruch A. Poupko, born in Velizh (town north of Mogilev) to Rabbi Eliezer and Pesha Poupko is an American multi-lingual scholar, author, and lecturer. After receiving ordination from Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik at the Rabbi Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1941 he served as Rabbi and Senior Rabbi of Shaare Torah of Pittsburgh, PA (1942 - 2004), …

Rabbi Avishai Chaim David (1949 -) is currently the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Torat Shraga (also known as YTS) in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem, Israel, and rabbi of Beit Medrash Torani Leumi (BMTL) in Bet Shemesh. He studied under Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik for 14 years and received his semicha from RIETS, Yeshiva University, New York City. He is also a student of Rabbi Avigdor Nevenzahl.