Norman Lamm

Norman Lamm

male, 82 years old
ModernOrthodoxJudaism, From Brooklyn, Modern Orthodox, Rosh yeshivas, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy…Modern Orthodox rabbi
Rabbi Dr. Norman ("Nachum") Lamm, (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), is a major American Modern Orthodox Jewish communal leader. He...
Mordecai Kaplan

Mordecai Kaplan

male, deceased (1983)
Jewish person, The Forward, Conservative Judaism, God, Jewish Theological Seminary, Centenarian…orthodox, judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, Philosopher of Judaism, Orthodox Judaism
Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, 1881-November 8, 1983) was a rabbi and the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. Kaplan was born in Lithuania and...
Avi Weiss

Avi Weiss

male
immigrate to Israel, Aliyah, Rav Avi, Avraham Weiss, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale…Modern Orthodox, ModernOrthodoxJudaism, Modern Orthodox rabbi
Rabbi Avraham Weiss, born in 1944, (usually known as Avi Weiss or Rav Avi) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of...
Shlomo Riskin

Shlomo Riskin

male
rabbi, Israeli, American, Modern Orthodox rabbi, Lincoln Square Synagogue, ModernOrthodoxJudaism
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin (born 1940) is the American founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City, the Rabbi of the Israeli city of Efrat,...
Joseph Telushkin

Joseph Telushkin

male
Board of Director, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Columbia University, lecture, ModernOrthodoxJudaism, Modern Orthodox…Modern Orthodox rabbi, judaism
Joseph Telushkin (born 1948) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, lecturer, and author. Telushkin attended the Yeshivah of Flatbush, was ordained...
Azriel Hildesheimer

Azriel Hildesheimer

male, deceased (1899)
German, Orthodox Judaism, Modern Orthodox rabbi, rabbi, ModernOrthodoxJudaism, Israel Azriel Hildesheimer
Israel Azriel Hildesheimer (May 20, 1820 - July 12, 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering...
Richard Joel

Richard Joel

male, 59 years old
American university and college president, Yeshiva University faculty, Richard M. Joel, Jewish American, writer, Jewish person…Modern Orthodox, ModernOrthodoxJudaism
Richard M. Joel (b. 1950) is the fourth president of Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox Jewish university with a network of schools, colleges,...
Eliezer Berkovits

Eliezer Berkovits

male, deceased (1992)
rabbi, Philosopher of Judaism, Theologian, Educator, Orthodox rabbi, Theology teacher…ModernOrthodoxJudaism
Eliezer Berkovits (1908, Nagyvarad - 20 August 1992), was a rabbi, theologian, and educator in the tradition of Modern Orthodox Judaism.
Blu Greenberg

Blu Greenberg

female, 73 years old
City University of New York, Woman Who Made A Difference, Black Bread Poems, After the Holocaust, On Women and Judaism A View from Tradition, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Judaism and women…ModernOrthodoxJudaism, Orthodox Judaism
Blu Greenberg (born 1936) is an American writer specializing in Modern Orthodox Judaism and women's issues. She is the author of "On Women and...
Barry Freundel

Barry Freundel

male
Yeshiva University alumni, capitol hill, The George Washington University, Washington DC, ModernOrthodoxJudaism, environmentalism…Modern Orthodox rabbi, Modern Orthodox
Barry Freundel is the rabbi of Kesher Israel congregation in Washington DC, and a leading rabbi in the Modern Orthodox Jewish world. A writer and...