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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.
Glueck Center for Jewish Study, Suite 632
515 West 185 Street
New York, NY 10033
646.592.4065
riets@yu.edu

Administration
Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz
Rosh Yeshiva and Abraham Arbesfeld Torah Dean of RIETS
Email: Aryeh.Lebowitz@yu.edu

Rabbi Yosef Kalinsky
Max and Marion Grill Administrative Dean of RIETS
Email: Kalinsky@yu.edu

Rabbi Menachem Penner
Dean Emeritus and Director of Special Projects
Email: Penner@yu.edu

Adina Kirshner
Assistant to the Deans
Telephone: 646.592.4061
Email: Adina.Kirshner@yu.edu

Rabbi Ezra Schwartz
Rosh Yeshiva & Assistant Director, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Semikhah Program
Telephone: 646.592.4025
Email: Ezra.Schwartz@yu.edu

Rabbi Yaacov Feit
Associate Dean, UTS/RIETS
Telephone: 646.592.4077
Email: Yaacov.Feit@yu.edu

Rabbi Yaakov Taubes
Assistant Director, RIETS Programming
Telephone: 646.592.4066
Email: Yaakov.Taubes@yu.edu

Chaski Naor
Director, Business Operations
Telephone: 646.592.4062
Email: Chaski.Naor@yu.edu

Sharon Bar-David
Administrative Coordinator, RIETS
Telephone: 646.592.4065
Email: bardavid@yu.edu

Professional Rabbinics
Rabbi Larry Rothwachs
Director of Professional Rabbinics
Email: lrothwachs@yu.edu

Rabbi Binyamin Krohn
Associate Director of Professional Rabbinics
Email: Binyamin.Krohn@yu.edu

Rabbi Neal Turk
Mashgiach, Semikha Program
Telephone: 646.592.4064
Email: Neal.Turk@yu.edu

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
Senior Scholar
Email: jschacte@yu.edu

Rabbi Yehuda Chanales
Director of Chinuch Track, Semikha Program
Email: Yehuda.Chanales@yu.edu

Rabbi Yossi Goldin
Israel Immersion Program Coordinator and Placement Advisor,
YU-RIETS Israel Kollel
Email: Yosef.Goldin@yu.edu

Institutional Advancement
Alan J. Secter
Associate Dean of Institutional Advancement
Telephone: 646.592.6886
Email: Alan.Secter@yu.edu

Rabbi Judah Kerbel
Associate Director of Institutional Advancement
Telephone: 646.592.4074
Email: Judah.Kerbel@yu.edu

Torah Projects
Rabbi Ari Rockoff
David Mitzner Community Dean for Values and Leadership
Email: Ari.Rockoff@yu.edu

Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman
Executive Editor, RIETS Press
Sgan Rosh Kollel, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon
Email: dfeldma@yu.edu

Rabbi Jordan Auerbach
Director of Torah Projects & Community Engagement
Telephone: 646.592.4083
Email: Jordan.Auerbach@yu.edu

Rabbi Naphtali Lavenda, M.B.A.
Director, Online Rabbinic Programming
Email: lavenda@yu.edu

Rabbi Josh Flug
Director of Torah Research
Email: jflug@yu.edu

Rabbi Mordechai Djavaheri
Social Media Manager, RIETS
Email: Mordechai.Djavaheri@yu.edu

The Morris and Gertrude Bienenfeld Department of Jewish Career Development and Placement
Rabbi Ronald L. Schwarzberg
Director
The Morris and Gertrude Bienenfeld Dept. of Jewish Career Development and Placement
Telephone: 646.592.4351
Email: rschwarz@yu.edu

Bonnie Leff
Administrator, Rabbinic Placement
The Morris and Gertrude Bienenfeld Dept. of Jewish Career Development and Placement
Telephone: 646.592.4352
Email: Bonnie.Leff@yu.edu

RIETS Graduate Halacha Programs
Rabbi Kalman Laufer
Director of RIETS Master’s Programs
Email: Kalman.Laufer@yu.edu

Rabbi Josh Fagin
Assistant Director of the Business Ethics Master’s Program
Email: Joshua.Fagin@yu.edu