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), …

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.

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, …

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, …

Rabbi Samuel Belkin (1911-1976) is best known as the second University President of Yeshiva University. He was born in Swislocz, Poland and studied in the yeshivas of Slonim and Mir. He went to the United States in 1929 and received his doctorate (concerned with the writings of Philo) at Brown University in 1935, one of the first awarded for Judaic studies in academia. He then joined the faculty of Yeshiva College, New York, …

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. J. (Judah) David Bleich (born 1936) is an authority on Jewish law and ethics and bioethics. He is a professor of Talmud (Rosh Yeshiva) at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, as well as head of its postgraduate institute for the study of Talmudic jurisprudence and family law.

Rabbi Shalom Carmy is a tenured professor of Jewish Studies and Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University. A Brooklyn native, he is a prominent Modern Orthodox theologian, historian, and philosopher. He received his B.A. and M.S. from Yeshiva University, and received his rabbinic ordination from its affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Carmy has written many articles; he is the editor of "Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Thought", …

Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik, son of the renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik and grandson of the Beis HaLevi - Rabbi Yosef Baer Soloveitchik, was the older of Rabbi Chaim's two sons. His brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik (known as "Reb Velvele", or the "GRYZ" גרי"ז), succeeded his father as the rabbi of Brisk and eventually emigrated to Israel. At the age of 31, Rabbi Moshe was appointed rabbi of the town of Raseiniai, a position he held for 3 years.

Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University in New York City. Rabbi Sobolofsky studied at Yeshivat Kerem BeYavneh and Yeshiva University; graduating in 1987, he was named valedictorian of the Mazer Yeshiva Program. He then attended the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), finishing in 1990 and proceeded to the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration in 1996.

Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz (1906-1993) was a distinguished Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for almost fifty years. He was appointed upon the invitation of Rabbi Samuel Belkin in 1944. He was also known as the "Suvalker Rav", due to his previous position as the Rabbi of the European town of Suvalk, which he maintained until its capture by the Nazis in 1940.

Rabbi Yonason Sacks is a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University, his formal title is the "Henry H. Guterman Professor of Talmud". Rabbi Sacks also serves as the spiritual leader of the Agudas Yisroel of Passaic Park in Passaic, New Jersey. Rabbi Sacks graduated from Yeshiva University in 1981 and was ordained by the University’s affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1984. Two years later, he was awarded Semikha Yadin Yadin, …

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.

Herschel Schacter is a former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and a prominent student of the Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He is also the father of Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, the former director of the Soloveitchik Institute. He graduated Yeshiva University in 1938 and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1941. During World War II, he was a chaplain in the Third Army's VIII Corps.

Nachman Bulman (1925-2002) was an influential American rabbi associated with Orthodox Judaism. He was born to Rabbi Meir and Etil Bulman after a blessing from the Rebbe of Ger, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter. He grew up on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, and was briefly part of the circle of the Rebbe of Modzitz, and remained close to the Rebbe until the latter's death. He studied at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), …