RABBI DR. AARON RAKEFFET
Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff, of Yeshiva University's Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem, is a noted scholar, author, and teacher. Born in New York City in 1937, Rabbi Rakeffet moved with his wife, Malkah, and family to Israel in 1969, following seven years as spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Ephraim and Maplewood Jewish Center in New Jersey.
RABBI DR. NATHAN T. LOPES CARDOZO
Rabbi Dr. Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo, originally from Amsterdam, Holland, is well known throughout America, Canada, South Africa and Europe for his lectures offering deep insights into Jewish Philosophy which for years have enthralled audiences throughout the world.
RABBI SHALOM GOLD
Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold is a native of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY where he grew up and attended Yeshiva Torah Vodaat. He continued his learning at Yeshivat Ner Yisrael in Baltimore and at the Ponevez Yeshiva and Hevron Yeshiva in Israel. He received his rabbinic ordination from Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevy Herzog, zt"l, and from HaRav Yaacov Yitzhak Ruderman, zt"l, Rosh Hayeshiva of Ner Yisrael, where he also received his doctorate in Talmudic Law.
RABBI DR. JONATHAN I. ROSENBLATT
Rabbi Jonathan I. Rosenblatt is the Senior Rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center, a diverse and dynamic Zionist Orthodox synagogue community of some 700 families.
A native of Baltimore, Rabbi Rosenblatt holds a BA and an MA from the Johns Hopkins University in Comparative Literature and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in the field of Modem British Literature.
RABBI DR. MORDECHAI HALPERIN
Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Halperin M.D. born in Jerusalem, obtained his Rabbinical ordination from the esteemed Ponevezh yeshiva in 1966 where-after he taught at numerous rabbinical academies including the Rabbinical College of the Golan Heights, where he served as a Dean.
RABBI AHARON ADLER
Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler is a protégé of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt"l . In addition to being a graduate of Yeshiva University in New York, with rabbinic ordination from Y.U.'s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary(R.I.E.T.S.), Rabbi Adler holds a Ph.D in Talmud from Bar Ilan University.
RABBI DANIEL BELLER
Rabbi Beller was born and educated in the U.K. He holds an honours degree in history from Manchester University, and received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel after studying for 8 years at Bet Midrash Le-Torah and Yeshivat Har Etzion.
DR. GERALD SCHROEDER
Dr. Schroeder earned his doctorate at the esteemed MIT in the fields of Earth sciences and nuclear physics. A world renowned scientist, Dr Schroeder has advised governments across the globe and the results of his work have been published in the world's leading publications.
DR. M. GARY NEUMAN
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DR. YAEL RESPLER
Dr. Yael Respler is a psychotherapist in private practice in Brooklyn. She writes a column for the Jewish Press, [Dear Dr. Yael] and hosts a summer radio show on in the Catskills, {Psychology in the 2000's}. Dr. Respler released a DVD/video/ CD-Rom "Chutpah is Muktzah 2" as well as a video "Chutzpah is Muktzah" and an audiocassette "Creative Jewish Parenting."
RABBI ELAZAR MUSKIN
Rabbi Muskin serves as Rabbi of Young Israel of Century City, a position he has held since January, 1986. Under his leadership the congregation has become one of the fastest growing Orthodox synagogues on the West Coast, and is considered a leader in creative Adult Education programs.
RABBI SHALOM LIPSKAR
Since receiving ordination from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn in 1968, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar has worked as an emissary for the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In 1969 he founded the Landow yeshiva Center in Miami Beach, Florida. He has served as its principal and dean of its elementary, academy, and high school studies.
MR. STEPHEN SAVITSKY
Stephen J. Savitsky of Hewlett, Long Island, NY, was installed as the Orthodox Union's President at its Biennial National Convention in Jerusalem in November, 2004. Mr. Savitsky had been Chairman of the Board since the previous OU Convention in December, 2002.
RABBI STEVEN WEIL
Rabbi Steven Weil is the Executive Vice President, the chief professional officer of the Orthodox Union. In that capacity, he will have day-to-day responsibility for running the largest Orthodox synagogue umbrella group in the world, overseeing its staff and programs, maintaining fiscal responsibility, and above all, projecting an image of leadership and vision throughout the Orthodox Jewish community worldwide.
RABBI MARVIN HIER
In 1977 Rabbi Hier came to Los Angeles to create the Simon Wiesenthal Center, named in honor of famed Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. Under his leadership, the Center has become one of the foremost Jewish human rights agencies in the world, with a constituency of more than 400,000 families, and offices throughout the United States, in Canada, Europe, Israel and Argentina. In 1993, an article in the Los Angeles Times noted that Rabbi Hier had made the Wiesenthal Center, "the most visible Jewish organization in the world" and, in 2007, an article in Newsweek named him the "number one most influential rabbi in America."
RABBI DR. BASIL HERRING
Rabbi Dr. Basil Herring is the chief executive of the Rabbinical Council of America, the largest association of Orthodox Rabbis in the world. He has served in that position since July 2003. Given his position, he plays a leadership role on a day to day in dealing with many of the major religious, cultural, communal, and political issues and challenges currently facing the Jewish community, both internally and in relationship to the world at large. He is also instrumental in providing professional, educational, and support services for the 1000 members of the RCA.
RABBI DR. SHLOMO RISKIN
A distinguished communal Rabbi for over 35 years, Rabbi Riskin continues to change the face of modern Orthodox Jewry in Israel and the Diaspora. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Rabbi Riskin graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude from Yeshiva University in 1960, where he majored in Greek, Latin and English literatures. He received his Smicha (rabbinical ordination) from the eminent Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Rabbi Riskin holds a Master's Degree in Jewish History and was awarded his PhD from New York University's department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature.
RABBI YEHORAM ULMAN
Rabbi Yehoram Ulman has served as a Rabbi and Spiritual Leader of a large community in Sydney Australia since 1986. He and his wife Shternie had been sent there as emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Rabbi Ulman heads an organization called FREE (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe) which is responsible in connecting thousands of immigrants from the former Soviet Union to their Jewish roots.