Reuven Pinchas Bulka (1944–2021), Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist, spiritual leader of Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa, co-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress; ... American rabbi, noted Torah scholar, attorney, lecturer and jurist, current Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council; Hershel Reichman (1944–), ...
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Dec 08, 2019 · Here are three highlights from our conversation. The author with Benjamin Brafman 1. Pick Your Sacrifices Brafman regularly advises young aspiring attorneys to “pick” their sacrifices. His mantra is that it’s not prestigious credentials or better academic training which gets one across the finish line first but a good old, hard work ethic.
Apr 16, 2011 · in this fifth installment of what has become known in the jewish world as “the newsweek list” (and now encompasses the muscle of the daily beast, as well) co-creators michael lynton —sony pictures...
Akiva Eiger (1761–1837), Talmudist, and communal leader. Elijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra, 1720–1797), Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidism. Elimelech of Lizhensk, ( Noam Elimelech, 1717–1787), Polish mystic and Hasid.
Avigdor Miller (1908–2001), American author and renowned lecturer. Shlomo Miller, head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized authority of Jewish law. Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, Rebbe of Ropshitz. Yaakov Perlow, American Hasidic rebbe of Novominsk and rosh yeshiva living in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Solomon Schechter, scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism. Morris Silverman, American rabbi and liturgist. Benson Skoff, American rabbi, author, talk show host, and lecturer at the University of Texas. Chana Timoner, first female rabbi to hold an active duty assignment as a chaplain in the U.S. Army.
Alan Mittleman, professor of Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Jack Moline, Executive Director of Interfaith Alliance. Jacob Neusner (1932–), Conservative trained scholar and writer. Daniel Nevins, Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism.
Lisa Goldstein, Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. Dana Evan Kaplan, rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom in Sun City, Arizona; author of The New Reform Judaism: Challenges and Reflections, the most current modern scholarly analysis of contemporary Reform Judaism.
Yaakov Yosef Reinman. Rabbi Yaakov Reinman is a writer, historian and scholar of international renown. The editor and publisher of numerous historical and philosophical works, he is also the author of a study of Talmudic contractual law used in yeshivos throughout the world.
Rabbi Nosson Scherman is the general editor of ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, and few people — if any — can claim a greater influence upon the production of traditional Jewish learning materials in readable, contemporary, well-written English. His single contribution to Cross-Currents appeared on December 3, 2004.
Toby Katz teaches Jewish History and Tanach at the Beth Jacob High School of Miami and also teaches adult education courses at CAJE (the Council for the Advancement of Jewish Education) and other venues. Her articles and stories have appeared in Jewish Action, the journal of the Orthodox Union, as well as published anthologies. She is a homemaker with three children; her husband, Rabbi Michael Katz, served congregations in Johannesburg, South Africa, Melbourne, Australia, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia — he now owns a Judaica store in Hollywood, FL.
Jeff Ballabon is the founder of Ballabon Group LLC, a strategic public affairs and communications firm. He has run lobbying, grassroots, and issue campaigns in Washington, DC, and across the nation. He is also the founder of the non-partisan Center for Jewish Values and hosts a weekly conference call for conservative Jewish activists across ...
Eytan Kobre studied at the Yeshiva of Staten Island and Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah. A graduate of the Fordham University School of Law, he practiced law with two Manhattan firms and served for several years as associate general counsel at Agudath Israel of America.
Harvey Belovski. Rabbi Harvey Belovski is the rabbi of the Golders Green Synagogue in London. In addition to his rabbinical duties, he lectures regularly at venues including the JLE, LSJS (where he is a teaching fellow) and Torah Way.
Gedalia Litke is an attorney in private practice with a large New York City firm. He specializes in real estate finance and development and has lectured and published extensively in his field.
Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities. Isaac Leeser, author and publisher. Julius Lester, author, academic and African-American convert to Judaism. Meyer Levin, novelist and journalist. Ludwig Lewisohn, novelist, essayist and editor.
Saul Bellow, novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. Aimee Bender, novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters.
Shmuley Boteach, author of over 30 books, including best seller Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, and Kosher Jesus. Joshua Braff, novelist. Abraham Cahan, journalist, author and editor of Yiddish newspaper Jewish Daily Forward. Hortense Calisher, novelist and president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Hortense Calisher, novelist and president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal, colonial era rabbi who published the first Jewish sermons in America. Melvin Jules Bukiet, novelist. Michael Chabon, novelist and short story writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
George Steiner (1929–2020), literary critic. Daniel Stern, novelist. Louise Stern, novelist and playwright. Richard G. Stern, novelist and academic. Steve Stern, novelist and short story writer whose work draws heavily on Jewish folklore and the immigrant experience; winner of the National Jewish Book Award.
Edward Dahlberg, novelist and essayist. Anita Diamant, writer and author of the novel, The Red Tent. E.L. Doctorow, novelist. Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter, often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016.
Joel Eisenberg, novelist, screenwriter and producer, author of "The Chronicles of Ara" fantasy series with Steve Hillard. Stanley Elkin, novelist and essayist. Richard Elman, novelist and journalist. Nathan Englander, short story writer and novelist, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.