Yeshiva University

Rebranding the religious experience

2014-07-08

By: Federation

On: July 8, 2014

In: Local News

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Rabbi Kenneth Brander took a part-time, two-year job as rabbi of a 60-family congregation in Boca Raton, Fla. with the idea that he’d have lots of time to write about his experiences living with and assisting Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik during theContinue Reading

Honors all around to current and emerging leaders

2014-05-23

By: Federation

On: May 23, 2014

In: M.O.T.: Member of the Tribe

By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist “Humbling,” is how Seattle’s Joshua Gortler described receiving an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Yeshiva University (YU) May 22. Speaking the week before, he said the most remarkable thing was that this could happen to “an immigrant kid who [came] to this countryContinue Reading