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Commemorating the 25Th Yahrzeit of the Rav A PUBLICATION OF THE RABBINIC ALUMNI OF THE RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY • AN AFFILIATE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY CHAVRUSA Volume 52 • Number 1 אין התורה נקנית אלא בחבורה (ברכות סג:) September 2018 • Tishrei 5779 Commemorating the 25th Yahrzeit of the Rav Remembering Rabbi An Inside Look at the US Ozer Glickman z”l Embassy Move: An Interview Page 17 with Senior Advisor to Ambassador David Friedman Page 23 In This Issue Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Page 3 In Pictures Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut in Yeshiva, RIETS Annual Theological Seminary Evening of Tribute, Yeshiva-wide Siyum on Sukka and Beitza, and Azkara for Rav Dovid Lifshitz z”l Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman PRESIDENT, RIETS Richard M. Joel PRESIDENT-EMERITUS, RIETS Page 7 YU Community News Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm RIETS Annual Evening of Tribute, YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of ROSH HAYESHIVA EMERITUS, RIETS Chicago Celebrates 10 Years, RIETS Training Called Out for “Practicing Courage,” Online Course Teaches Rabbis Art of Rabbi Joel M. Schrieber Public Speaking, Celebrating the Rav’s Torah Legacy and CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, RIETS RIETS Marks the 25th Yahrzeit of HaRav Dovid Lifshitz z”l Rabbi Menachem Penner MAX AND MARION GRILL DEAN Page 13 Chomer Lidrush RIETS AND UNDERGRADUATE TORAH STUDIES Insights into the Yamim Noraim by Rabbi Baruch Simon’89R and Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky ‘90R Rabbi Zevulun Charlop Roshei Yeshiva, RIETS DEAN EMERITUS, RIETS SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT ON YESHIVA AFFAIRS Insights into Sukkot by Rabbi Larry Rothwachs ’01R Rabbi Yaakov Glasser Director of Professional Rabbinics, RIETS DAVID MITZNER DEAN, CENTER FOR THE JEWISH FUTURE AND UNIVERSITY LIFE Page 17 Divrei Hesped Rabbi Chaim Bronstein Remembering Rabbi Ozer Glickman z”l ADMINISTRATOR, RIETS By Rabbi Daniel Z. 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