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Sunday, March 7, 2010 • 21 Adar 5770

Chag Hasemikhah Dinner 09

SPOTLIGHT ON...

Etan Schnall
Semikhah student

Eitan SchnallWhat sets RIETS apart is the unparalleled caliber of its rebbeim and students. The shiurim stimulate, sharpen, and challenge. The energy of the beit medrash is invigorating. RIETS is home to an environment of excellence, where opportunities to grow never cease.

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INSTRUCTORS

Dr. David Pelcovitz in class

Robert A. Baruch Bush, adjunct lecturer in Conflict Resolution.
BA, Harvard College; JD, Stanford Law School.

Richard M. Harris, adjunct lecturer in Public Speaking.
BA, MA, PhD, Cornell University.

Robert S. Hirt, lecturer, Rabbinic Training Program.
Rabbi Sidney Shoham Chair in Rabbinic and Community Leadership.
Special Advisor to the President of Yeshiva University.
BA, MA, Yeshiva University; ordination, RIETS.

Benzion Klatzko, guest lecturer, Rabbinic Training Program.
Ordination, Mirrer Yeshiva.

John Anthony Krug, adjunct lecturer in Pastoral Psychology.
BA, MA, MS, PsyD, Yeshiva University; ordination, RIETS.

Maurice Lamm, lecturer, Rabbinic Training Program.
Rabbi Maurice Lamm Chair in Professional Rabbinics.
BA, MA, PhD, Yeshiva University; ordination, RIETS.

Aaron Levine, lecturer in Business Ethics.
BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD, New York University; ordination, Mesivta Tiferet Jerusalem.

Irving Levitz, adjunct lecturer, Rabbinic Training Program.
Carl and Dorothy Bennett Chair in Pastoral Counseling.
BA, MHL, PhD, Yeshiva University; MA, New School for Social Research; ordination, RIETS.

Neal D. Levy, adjunct lecturer in Pastoral Counseling.
BA, MA, Yeshiva University; PhD, Columbia Pacific University.

Haskel Lookstein, lecturer, Rabbinic Training Program.
Dr. Joseph H. Lookstein Chair in Homiletics.
MA, PhD, Yeshiva University; ordination, RIETS.

Daniel Mann, lecturer in Jewish Law.
BA, Yeshiva University, ordination, RIETS; Yadin Yadin ordination, Eretz Hemdah Institute.

Leslie Newman, adjunct lecturer in Rabbinic Writing.
BA, MA, Brown University; JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

David Pelcovitz, lecturer in Pastoral Counseling.
BA, MS, Brooklyn College; PhD, University of Pennsylvania.

Marc Penner, lecturer in Rabbinic Training Program.
Director, Professional Rabbinics, RIETS.
BA, Yeshiva University; ordination, RIETS.

Shimon Pepper, adjunct lecturer in Rabbinic Skills.
BA, University of Massachusetts; MA, Baltimore Hebrew College; MSW, University of Maryland.

Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff, lecturer in Responsa Literature and Jewish Thought.
BA, MA, PhD. Yeshiva University; ordination, RIETS.

David Schnall, lecturer in Group Facilitation.
Dean, Azrieli Graduate School of Education and Administration.
BA, MS, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, Fordham University.

Gideon Shloush, coordinator, 4th Year Internship Program.
BA, Yeshiva University; MBA, Baruch College; ordination, RIETS.

Daniel Stein, coordinator, 4th year Halacha Le’maaseh Program.
BA, Yeshiva University; ordination, RIETS.

Mark Wildes, adjunct lecturer, Rabbinic Training Program.
BA, Yeshiva University; JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; ordination, RIETS.