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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Celebrates Gala By JLNJ Staff | May 20, 2021
(Courtesy of Yeshiva University) On Tuesday, April 27, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) celebrated its annual gala virtually, allowing rabbis from the globe-spanning RIETS alumni community to join in celebration of their yeshiva.
Highlights of the evening included a special tribute to Rabbi Hyman Arbesfeld, z’’l, a RIETS musmach and benefactor, on the one-year anniversary of his passing. Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, and Rabbi Menachem Penner, Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS, both spoke about the lasting impact Rabbi Arbesfeld had on the yeshiva. The tribute was capped by the naming of Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz as the Abraham Arbesfeld Chair of the Director
More than four decades after his passing, talmidim, assistants, and the American hosts of “everyone’s rosh yeshivah” share their personal memories of Rav Shmuel Rozovsky
It was a frigid morning in late January of 1978.
A throng of men stood together in the arrivals hall at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, eyes trained on the door. Suddenly, the doors swung open and a tall, dignified rabbi appeared. Instantly, the waiting crowd locked arms, began a celebratory tune, and began to dance toward him.
A weakened Rav Shmuel Rozovsky approached the joyous crowd with surprise in his eyes and waved them off, but they remained undeterred. The leader of the group, a veteran talmid, clasped Rav Shmuel’s hand warmly and whispered some words into his ear. Slowly, the great Ponevezher Rosh Yeshivah began to smile. He beckoned the group to a nearby seating area where they crowded around him in silence. No matter that he’d just concluded a grueling flight, no matter that his
I Am Not a Modern Orthodox Rabbi By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg | April 29, 2021
Recently, an article referencing a conversation we had on Behind the Bima referred to me as a “Modern Orthodox Rabbi.” I was taken aback by that characterization and found myself badly wanting to correct it.
To be clear, it’s not that I want to disassociate with Modern Orthodoxy as much as that I desperately don’t want to be reduced to just it. I would have preferred a more accurate (although admittedly less catchy) description: a member of the post-ideological, broad and diverse Torah community.
Now, don’t misunderstand. I am proud to have received semicha from Yeshiva University and feel honored and blessed to enjoy a close relationship with several of its roshei yeshiva whom I consider my rebbeim and poskim. Among other philosophies associated with Modern Orthodoxy, I unapologetically and without hesitancy see the religious significance of the miracle of the moder