WITHShavuos 2017 • 5777 at our annual RIETS Yarchei Kallah hilton westchester May 30 - June 1

Looking forward to an unforgettable Yom Tov together! The fee for babysitting services is $12.00 per hour. Please be on time to relieve your Dear Yarchei Kallah 2017 Participant, sitter at midnight on Tuesday night and Wednesday night, unless otherwise arranged We are thrilled to welcome you to the wonderful Hilton Westchester for the with them. There will be a number of babysitters available for additional jobs beyond 5777/2017 Shavuos program. We know that you will enjoy an extraordinary, the scheduled day camp or babysitting hours. If you are interested, please mention meaningful, and Torah fi lled Yom Tov. Please enjoy a Welcome Luncheon this to a staff member at registration. The babysitting fee is to be paid shortly after Buffet from 2:30 to 6:30 pm. Relax and enjoy the day at the pool (there will Havdalah on Motzei Yom Tov in the lobby. be separate hours for men and women for the indoor pool) or fi tness room Day Camp hours are: Wednesday: 9:30am - 1:30pm and 3:00pm - 5:45pm (see schedule for times) or simply explore the hotel. Additionally from 2:30 - Thursday: 9:00am - 11:45am and 2:30pm - 5:30pm 5:00 pm. In the Grand Ballroom Assembly we will have a caricaturist artist, a Chinese name painter and balloon making for all our guests to enjoy. Teen Program: We will be offering an exciting program for teens. Highlights include engaging and interactive shiurim with Rabbi Aaron Fleksher, Rabbi Eitan Schnall, Registration for children’s day camp will take place in the lobby of the hotel and Rabbi Daniel Feldman, as well as a Q&A with Rabbi Menachem Penner. There during check-in on Tuesday afternoon between the hours of 2:30pm-6:00pm. will be special food on Leil Shavuot and an opportunity to learn b’chavruta with a If you have already completed Day Camp/Babysitting registration online, you Semikha student. For all teens who would like to learn with a Semikha student in the will only need to sign the completed form(s) we will have waiting for you. If Beit Midrash or want help preparing for Limudei Kodesh fi nals, please email Rabbi you did not have a chance to register beforehand, you will need to complete Fleksher- afl [email protected] a waiver in full. All children must be registered in the lobby if they want to There will be a game room with ping pong and basketball available throughout Yom attend Day Camp. Tov. All teens are welcome to participate. No advance registration required For all their efforts in helping to make this a wonderful Shavuos, we’d like to YUConnects: We are privileged to have Mindy Eisenman of YUConnects join us over thank, in advance, our dedicated staff: Rabbi Menachem Penner, Rabbi Aaron Shavuos. Mindy will be meeting in the Elija Budd room, with individuals and families Fleksher, Paul Glasser, Rabbi Zev Goldberg, Menachem Lewin, Yehuda and who are interested in speaking to her. Mindy will be meeting during the following Martha Meyers, Chaski Naor, Rina Schachter, Julie Schreier, Suzy Schwartz, times: Tuesday, May 30th from 3:00-6:10pm and Thursday, June 1st, 2:30-5:40pm. and our RIETS talmidim: Jordan Auerbach, Yaakov Deutcher, Judah Max Please email Mindy, [email protected], to arrange a time to meet. Over Yom Tov, Dobrinsky, Jeremy Epstein, David Freilich, Elisha Hagler, Nissan Holzer, Itamar we look forward to having the opportunity to actively network for our friends and family members. Lustiger, Shmuel Prizant, Yitz Richmond, Michael Rosenfeld, Avi Sebbag, Yosef Segal, Moshe Wasserman and Eitan Westrich Beit Midrash: A Beit Midrash has been set up in the Brundage room, which will be open all of Yom Tov. Our RIETS talmidim will be learning there should you need We are looking forward to a beautiful yom tov together. If there is anything anything. Please speak to Yitz Richmond if you are interested in a chavruta. We we can do to make your stay even more fantastic, please do not hesitate to encourage you to bring any seforim from which you may want to learn. call upon us. Game Room: For your enjoyment over Yom Tov, ping pong tables have been set up in the Bartell and Odell rooms and card and board games in the Mianus room. Have a Great Yom Tov, Elevators: There will be “” elevators with operators who will stop the elevators on every floor. Please do not ask the attendant to go to your floor. The The Shavuos Yarchei Kallah Committee elevators should only be used by those who are unable to use the stairs. The times for the elevators are as follows: Noteworthy News Tuesday, May 30th 8:00pm - 1:00am Our Babysitting and Day Camp program is being directed by Martha Meyers. She Wednesday, May 31st 6:30am - 1:00am can be reached at 973-718-1186 or [email protected] should you have Thursday, June 1st 6:30am – 9:00pm any questions. Day Camp is a complimentary service offered by . The gratuities covered by your reservation do NOT cover tips for the counselors. Keys: As a reminder, hard room keys must be returned at time of check out. There is The counselors work hard to keep your children safe and happy. We recommend a $110 charge billed to the participant for each key not returned. a minimum gratuity of $40 per child to be paid shortly after Havdallah on Motzei Yom Tov in the lobby. Children must be dropped off and picked up by a parent or Medical Care: : Our on-site EMT is Jeremy Epstein. His number is (201) 484-9082 legal guardian. Please be on time for pick-up. and will be staying in Room 463 (Rye Side). If you have any medical needs at any point over Yom Tov, please in contact with him. TUESDAY 12:00-12:45 am Back To The Beis (Part I) Halstead (upstairs) Rabbi Eli Shulman 2:30-6:30 pm Welcome Buffet Grand Ballroom North & Priorities in Brachos Assembly Short Introduction followed by chavrusah 3:00-7:00 pm Lobby Check-In Teen Program Elija Budd (upstairs) Hotel facilities open for your enjoyment Rabbi Etan Schnall 2:30 - 5:00 pm Activities for Kids & Adults Grand Ballroom The Revenge of the Ba’al Koreh Assembly 1:00-1:45 am YUConnects Program Grand Ballroom South 3:00-6:00 pm Time to Meet with Mindy Eisenman Elija Budd (upstairs) in the Workplace: from YUConnects A symposium for 4:15-5:30 pm Women’s swim Indoor Pool Young Professionals (ages 35 and under) 1:00-1:45 am Grand Ballroom Center 5:30-6:45 pm Men’s swim Indoor Pool Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander The Archaeology of the Old City of 5:45-6:30 pm Early Dinner for Kids Town of Rye (upstairs) and the Temple Mount: 7:15 pm Rabbi Daniel Feldman Grand Ballroom Illuminating Tanach & Halacha Can We Start Shavuos Early? Michal Horowitz Grand Ballroom North 8:02 pm Candle Lighting Westchester Assembly The Battle with Amalek; LIGHTING CANDLES IN THE HOTEL ROOM IS PROHIBITED A Prerequisite for Matan Torah

8:05 pm Mincha Grand Ballroom Back To The Beis (Part Ii) Halstead (upstairs) 8:20 pm Keynote Address by Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter Grand Ballroom Rabbi Eli Shulman Preparing for Kabalas HaTorah Priorities in Brachos Sponsored by Abraham and Baila Gulkowitz Teen Program Elija Budd (upstairs) in memory of their parents z’l and in dedica- Rabbi Aaron Fleksher tion to their children, grandchildren and their What Would Have Ma’amad Har Sinai recent addition of a great grandchild Looked Like if There Were iPhones? 9:05 pm Maariv Grand Ballroom 2:00-2:45 am Portraits of Jewish Leaders Grand Ballroom South Rabbi Ari Lamm 9:30 pm Dinner Westchester Ballroom Rabbi Yehudah ha-Nasi and the 11:45 pm Open Tea Room Grand Ballroom Beginning of Jewish Leadership -4:45 am Assembly & Garden Mrs. Miriam Berger Grand Ballroom Center TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOS Ruth, Esther and the Ra’ayah - 12:00-4:45 am Open Beit Midrash Brundage (upstairs) Comparing the Heroines of the Megillot Grand Ballroom North Rabbi Grand Ballroom South Rabbi Daniel Feldman Melacha on Yom Tov Good Morning, Hello, and How are You: Greeting Others in Halakhah Sponsored by Moishe and Joanne Bane in memory of Edith and Hyman Bane 3:00-3:45 am Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein Grand Ballroom Center Mitzvot; The Elevator Pitch Rabbi Menachem Penner Grand Ballroom Center The Stages of Aveilut and the Rabbi Etan Schnall Grand Ballroom North Journey of the Soul Does Hashem Get a Vote? Case Studies in Divine Intervention On Mrs. CB Neugroschl Grand Ballroom North Legal Decisions Why Jerusalem Thrives on Peace Sponsored by Elliot and Debbie Gibber 4:00-4:35 am Rabbi Hershel Schachter Grand Ballroom South in memory of our parents Charles and Questions and Answers Kate Goldner Daf Yomi Grand Ballroom Elisha Hagler Assembly Bava Batra 129 WEDNESDAY 3:30-4:30 pm President and Grand Ballroom South Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph and Center 4:40 am Early Shacharit Grand Ballroom Refl ections on Yesterday Talit 4:24am and Tomorrow; Neitz 5:25 am An Armchair Conversation 6:45 - 10:00 am Kiddush and Breakfast Westchester Ballroom Sponsored in honor of President Richard Joel 7:30 am Daf Yomi Grand Ballroom by Rabbi Dr. Morr is and Yosefa Knoll Yaakov Deutscher Assembly Miriam Berger Grand Ballroom North Bava Batra 129 Serving God Through Sacrifi ce - 7:45 am Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander Grand Ballroom South Three Ethical Perspectives on the Is Zionism Diametrically Opposed Akeidah to : The Halakhic Challenges 4:45-5:30 pm Michael Tuchfeld Grand Ballroom South of Religious Zionism Israeli Society Today: Two Identities, 8:30 am Shacharit Grand Ballroom Three sectors, Three Ethos’s 9:30am -1:30pm Children’s Day Camp Elm, Maple, Birch, Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander Grand Ballroom Center Oak and Poplar Rooms Addressing Agunot, (upstairs) Mature Singles, and issues: 10:45 am Kiddush Grand Ballroom IUI, IVF & Egg Freezing Assembly Rabbi Daniel Feldman Grand Ballroom North 11:30am- Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph Grand Ballroom South Racism, Prejudice & the Chosen People 12:15pm A Jewish Option B: Facing Adversity, Sponsored by Michael and Miriam Gervis Building Resilience, and Finding Joy to honor the memory of their parents, Rabbi Menachem Penner Grand Ballroom Center Rabbi and Mrs. Israel Meyer Gervis z”l Finding Meaning in Shabbat Musaf and Mr. and Mrs. Berish Blumenfeld z”l 5:45-6:30 pm Children’s Dinner Town of Rye (upstairs) Rabbi Eli Shulman Grand Ballroom North When Angels Shed Their Wings Rabbi Etan Schnall Grand Ballroom South Mitzvot HaTeluyot Ba’aretz: 12:30-1:20 pm Rabbi Etan Schnall Grand Ballroom South Shaping Our People, Shaping Our Land Hashavas Aveida: Halacha, Hashkafa and History Portraits of Jewish Leaders Grand Ballroom Center Michal Horowitz Grand Ballroom Center Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter Kabbalat Ha’Torah: Rabbi Soloveitchik; The Antidote to Hester Panim Biographical Refl ections Sponsored in loving memory of Dorothy Dr. Rona Novick Grand Ballroom North Ritholtz z”l by Arthur Ritholtz, Stacey and Spiritual Transformation in Howard Nathanson, Bruce z”l and Michelle Jerusalem and Israel Ritholtz, David and Robin Ritholtz 1:30 pm Lunch Westchester Ballroom Mrs. CB Neugroschl Grand Ballroom North 3:15 pm Mincha Grand Ballroom Faith and Doubt: Embracing Questions as a Religious Value 3:00-5:45 pm Children’s Day Camp Elm, Maple, Birch, Oak and Poplar Rooms 6:00 pm Teen Program Elija Budd (upstairs) (upstairs) Rabbi Daniel Feldman 3:30-7:00 pm Tea Room Open Grand Ballroom Is Tweeting Against the Torah? Assembly 6:30 pm Children’s Show Town of Rye (upstairs) 8:15 am Shacharit Grand Ballroom Yizkor Drasha by President Richard M. Joel 6:45-7:30 pm Rabbi Hershel Schachter Grand Ballroom South Birkat Cohanim 9:00 - 11:45 am Children’s Day Camp Elm, Maple, Birch, Oak and Poplar Rooms Panel discussion Grand Ballroom Center (upstairs) and North Mrs. CB Neugroschl and Dr. Rona Novick 11:45 am Lunch Westchester Ballroom Moderated by Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph 2020 Foresight: 2:00 pm Mincha Grand Ballroom Torah Education for Today and 2:30-5:30 pm Time to Meet with Mindy Eisenman Elija Budd (upstairs) Tomorrow from YU Connects Rabbi Ari Lamm Halstead (upstairs) 2:30-5:30 pm Children’s Day Camp Elm, Maple, Birch, Oak From Josephus to Berditchev: and Poplar Rooms A History of Shavuot (upstairs) 2:30-5:30 pm Tea Room Grand Ballroom Elija Budd (upstairs) Q & A for Teens Assembly Rabbi Menachem Penner Halacha in the Modern World 2:30-3:15 pm PANEL DISCUSSION Grand Ballroom South Mr. Moishe Bane, Dr. Rona Novick and and Center 7:45 pm Mincha Grand Ballroom Rabbi Menachem Penner 8:00 pm On Jewish Leadership: Grand Ballroom Moderated By: Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph A Program Honoring Googling G-d; President Richard Joel Spirituality in the Age of Technology Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, Mrs. Miriam Berger Grand Ballroom North Nachum Joel, Rabbi Menachem Penner Educating our Children to be People of Rabbi Eli Shulman the Book...How’s That Working Out? 9:02 pm Candlelighting Westchester Assembly Rabbi Etan Schnall Halstead (upstairs) 9:10 pm Maariv Grand Ballroom Chesed and the Double Standard 9:45 pm Dinner Westchester Ballroom 3:30-4:15 pm Rabbi Eli Shulman Grand Ballroom South The Holiness of Israel & 11:00 pm Town of Rye (upstairs) YUConnects Program The Beginning of the Redemption קדושת ארץ ישראל ואתחלתא דגאולה (ages 35 and under) “Connect Four: An Interactive Activity” Sponsored by the family of Abraham 11:00 pm Rabbi Eli Shulman Grand Ballroom and Baila Gulkowitz in honor of our Modern Orthodoxy: grandchildren Moshe and Hennie Shul- From Prescription to Description man and great granddaughter Blima Aviva, 11:15 pm Tea Room Open Grand Ballroom on the occasion of Moshe’s graduation fr om Assembly Harvard Law School THURSDAY

7:00 - 9:15 am Breakfast Westchester Ballroom 7:30 am Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph Grand Ballroom The Three Most Important Letters for Your Davening 7:30 am Daf Yomi Grand Ballroom Rabbi Daniel Feldman Assembly Bava Batra 130 Dr. Edward Burns followed by Q & A with Grand Ballroom Center Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter Grand Ballroom Center Dr. Edward Burns and Why Yerushalayim Matters: Refl ections Rabbi Daniel Feldman on the 50th Anniversary of Yom Yerush- Hospice Care and Halakhah alayim Sponsored by The family of Dr. Micha Sponsored by Genie and Steve Savitsky Milgraum in honor of Dr. Micha Milgraum in memory of their parents, upon his graduation fr om medical school. Mr. and Mrs. Jerr y Savitsky, Mr. Irving May Halacha be your guideline in the prac- Tennenbaum and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Seif z”l tice of medicine. Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander Grand Ballroom North Portraits of Jewish Leaders Grand Ballroom North 3:30-4:15 pm The Pangs of Redemption: The Birth of Mrs. CB Neugroschl the Month of Iyar & the Chagim of Yom R. Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer: ha’Atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim A Zionist Ahead of His Time Rabbi Ari Lamm Brundage (upstairs) 4:30 - 5:15 pm Steven Savistky Grand Ballroom South Hilchot UNESCO: I had a Dream - Achdus in the Torah Where Was the Temple Located? World! Then I Woke Up Mrs. Michal Horowitz Halstead (upstairs) Sponsored by Rabbi Max N. Schreier and Be of the Students of Aharon: family in memory of Rebbetzin Toby Schreier Yerushalayim, the City of Shalom Dr. Rona Novick Grand Ballroom Center 6:20-7:00 pm Teen Programming Elija Budd (upstairs) Resilience – Surviving and Thriving in Rabbi Aaron Fleksher Diffi cult Times – Psychological and Refl ections from my Summer in Israel Some Torah Perspectives During Operation Protective Edge Rabbi Daniel Feldman Grand Ballroom North 6:30-7:15 pm Children’s Show Town of Rye (upstairs) Lashon Harah and Shidduchim Sponsored by Michael and Miriam Gervis 7:00 pm Mincha Grand Ballroom to honor the memory of their parents, 7:15 pm Dinner/Neilat HaChag Westchester Ballroom Rabbi and Mrs. Israel Meyer Gervis z”l Concluding Words and Mr. and Mrs. Berish Blumenfeld z”l President Richard Joel & Rabbi Menachem Penner 5:30-6:15 pm Children’s Dinner Town of Rye (upstairs) Open Seating - Extra Seating in Town of Rye 5:30 -6:10 pm Celebrating 50 Years of 9:05 pm Maariv and Havdalah Grand Ballroom 6:20 - 7:00 pm Jerusalem’s Reunification 9:30 pm Checkout Lobby (these sessions will run from 5:30 - 6:10 pm and repeat from 6:20 - 7:00 pm) 9:45-11:00 pm Women’s swim Indoor Pool Rabbi Hershel Schachter Grand Ballroom South 11:15 pm - Men’s swim Indoor Pool Yerushalayim Lo Nishchalkah L’Shvatim 12:30On am behalf of RIETS, we hope your Shavuos has been a Sponsored by Elliot and Debbie Gibber wonderfulFRIDAY experience. in memory of our parents Isidore and We look forward to seeing you again next year. 6:45 am Town of Rye (upstairs) Ruth Gibber Daf Yomi Bava Batra 131 7:00- 10:00 am Have a Safe Trip Home, Westchester Ballroom TheBreakfast Shavuos Yarchei Kallah Committee 7:30 am Shacharit Town of Rye (upstairs) Our Staff Presenters Rabbi Aaron Fleksher lives Mrs. Michal Horowitz has in North Woodmere with his a Bachelor of Science from Mr. MOISHE BANE is the Dr. Edward Burns is the wife, Elana, and two sons. combined studies at York Uni- president of the Orthodox Executive Dean of the Albert During the week, he serves versity, Toronto, and Brook- Union, and is a senior partner Einstein College of Medicine as the Director of Educational lyn College, and a Masters of at the international law fi rm of Yeshiva University. Dr. Technology for the Hebrew Science from Col- of Ropes & Gray, and heads Burns is a graduate of Yeshiva Academy of Long Beach lege. Mrs. Horowitz teaches its department of Corporate University and received his (HALB) and is a 9th grade Judaic Studies classes, focus- Restructuring. Mr. Bane has M.D. degree from Einstein. He Maggid at the DRS Yeshiva High School ing on Parshat Ha’Shavua, the Chagim, Tefi lah lectured and written exten- has over 50 scientifi c publica- for Boys. Previously, he served as a Rabbinic and Machshava. She teaches weekly classes sively on issues relating to the American Jew- tions, has authored a textbook of hematology, Intern and Youth/Teen Rabbi, and then As- at many locations in the Five Towns and Far ish community, and is a co-founding editor of is the author of the Harper Collins Medical sistant Rabbi, at the Riverdale Jewish Center Rockaway. Mrs. Horowitz has been a guest the journal, Klal Perspectives. Dictionary and holds fi ve U.S. patents for his in and. He received his Master’s in speaker in many communities, both nation- Mrs. Miriam (Krupka) own inventions. In 2015 Dr. Burns received from the Azrieli Graduate ally and internationally. She has lectured at Einstein’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Ex- Berger School of Jewish Education and Administra- Stern College and Midreshet Yom Rishon. A serves as chair of cellence in Teaching. tion, Semikha from RIETS. selection of her recorded shiurim are posted the Tanakh Department at Mrs. Mindy Eisenman, Staff on YUTorah.org and TorahAnyTime.com. Her the Ramaz Upper School in President Richard M. Joel Connector at YUConnects, the weekly Parsha Column is posted on Parsha- , NY, where she is Yeshiva University’s fourth YU program that has made Sheets.com and hidabrut.com. Mrs. Horowitz has taught Tanakh and Jew- president and Bravmann more than 261 matches since lives in Cedarhurst, NY with her husband and ish Philosophy since 2006. Family University Professor. its inception in 2008. Mrs. children. In addition to her role in the The latest chapter in an Eisenman is a graduate of classroom, she shapes Judaic Studies curricu- illustrious tradition, President Rabbi Ari Lamm serves as Stern, has a master’s degree lum, teaches interdisciplinary seminars, and Joel’s tenure has been an Advisor for Research and from Azrieli Graduate School is heavily involved in student Israel Guidance era of growth for Yeshiva Strategy to the President of Jewish Education, and is now pursuing a and faculty professional development. Mrs. University, defi ned by academic excellence, Elect of Yeshiva University. He master’s in social work from the Wurzweiler Berger lives in Teaneck, NJ with her husband, vibrant student life, and valuable service to is a graduate of YU with a BA School of Social Work. Mindy is an adjunct Dr. Ari Berger and sons, Etai and Gavriel. the Jewish community. He received his BA and in History and Jewish Studies. professor at Stern College, where she teaches JD from University where he was a Upon graduation from YU, he Rabbi DR. Kenneth courses in Tanach, Taharat Hamishpacha and Root-Tilden scholar. earned a U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Brander Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Healthy Relationships. She is also a certifi ed Scholarship to complete his MA in Hebrew & Brander is Vice President for Shalom Workshop instructor. Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph is Jewish Studies at University College London. University and Community the senior vice president at He then completed his semichah at the Rabbi Life at Yeshiva University, and Rabbi Daniel Feldman is Yeshiva University. A native Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Current- teaches rabbinics at RIETS. a at RIETS, as of Montreal, Josh achieved his ly he is a PhD candidate at Princeton Univer- His focus is on the campus well as an instructor in the bachelor’s at the University of sity studying ancient Judaism and Christian- student life experience, Sy Pennsylvania. Josh received engagement with Jewish communities around ity. Most recently he served as the Resident and the Wurzweiler School rabbinic ordination from YU the world, responsible for the Graduate Scholar at the Jewish Center on the Upper of Social Work, and serves affi liated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Program of Advanced Talmudic Studies for West Side of Manhattan. He and Shlomit are as the Executive Editor of YU Theological Seminary, while completing a Women (GPATS), and works with Yeshiva the proud parents of daughters Perri, Sarit Press. Rabbi Feldman is the Master’s in Jewish philosophy at YU’s Bernard University’s Center for the Jewish Future. and Maya. He is the Rabbi Emeritus of the Boca Raton author of “The Right and The Good: Halakhah Revel Graduate School. He also completed , and founder of the Katz Yeshiva and Human Relations” , and “Divine Footsteps: fellowships and certifi cates at NYU’s Wagner Mrs. CB Neugroschl is the High School of South Florida. He is an alumnus Chesed and the Jewish Soul” as well as three School of Public Administration, as well as Head of School at Central/ of Yeshiva College, received his ordination from volumes of Binah BaSefarim. He is the co-ed- Harvard’s Institute of Higher Education. YUHSG. She served as Assis- RIETS, and a second ordination from Machon itor of nine volumes of Jewish Thought. Rabbi Most recently, Josh successfully defended his tant Principal and Co-Director Puah and Chief Rabbi, Mordechai Eliyahu Feldman is the spiritual leader of Ohr Saadya dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania of General Studies at SAR zt”l in the fi eld of medical ethics—infertility, of Teaneck, NJ. in Higher Education . Josh High School and Director of gynecology, and . He received his previously worked at a hedge fund, as a Admissions at Ma’ayanot Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University in community rabbi, as the executive director of Yeshiva High School. Mrs. General Philosophy and Comparative Studies. the Orthodox Caucus, and director of social Neugroschl earned her B.A. at Stern College Rabbi Brander has authored many articles entrepreneurialism at YU’s Center for the for Women and continued her studies at the in various scholarly journals, co-edited The Jewish Future. He and his wife, Julie, live in Yeshiva University Haggada and has received Graduate School of Jewish numerous awards for his community service. Lawrence and are the proud parents of Zach, Studies, with a focus on History of Halakha Ozzie, and Marsha. and Medieval Ashkenaz. She received her M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard. Dr. Rona Novick is the Dean Mr. Steve Savitsky is the Rabbi Etan Schnall is a Mr. Michael Tuchfeld is of the Azrieli Graduate School former president and chair- Maggid Shiur at Yeshiva Uni- an Israeli journalist, political of Jewish Education, where man of the board of the Or- versity’s Irving I. Stone Beit analyst and correspondent she served as the director thodox Union. He has been a Medrash Program. Before at Makor Rishon and NRG of the Doctoral Program in Scholar- in-Residence in syna- joining YU’s rabbinic faculty, 360 news website. Michael Jewish Education and Ad- gogues around the world. He Rabbi Schnall completed four is a former reporter and po- ministration for 6 years. Dr. is currently president of the years as a member of the litical analyst for Channel 2 Novick is the Co-Educational Bnai Zion Foundation and the Bella & Harry Wexner News, the Knesset channel, Director of the Hidden Sparks program, pro- Vaad Hakashrus of the Five Towns & Far Rock- Elyon at YU. He has lectured and a former parliamentary correspondent viding consultation to Jewish day schools, and away. He is the president and chairman of the extensively in Jewish communities across and chief editor for Kol Israel – IBA radio. holds an appointment in Child Psychology at board of ATC Health Care Services a nation- North America, including Chicago, Denver, Michael has lectured in colleges throughout LIJ Medical Center. She is the author of a book wide provider of medical staffi ng. Steve and Montreal and Washington, D.C. and served as Israel and the United States. for parents: Helping Your Child Make Friends, his wife Genie live in the Five Towns and are Rosh Kollel of the Camp Lavi Kollel in Lake- and editor of the book series Kids Don’t Come blessed to have all their children live nearby. wood, Pennsylvania. Over the last ten years, With Instruction Manuals. Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rabbi Schnall and his wife, Rebecca, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Columbia University, Rabbi Menachem Penner is Is Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh have prepared dozens of Chasanim and Kallos the Max and Marion Grill Dean Kollel at RIETS where he holds of the Washington Heights community in the of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo- the Nathan and Vivian Fink laws of Taharas HaMishpacha. logical Seminary at Yeshiva Distinguished Professorial University and the Men’s Chair in . A prolifi c Rabbi ELi Baruch Shulman Undergraduate Torah Stud- author, he has published more serves as a rosh yeshiva at ies programs at Yeshiva Uni- than 100 articles in Hebrew the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan versity. Rabbi Penner served and English in scholarly publications, including Theological Seminary of as the spiritual leader of the Young Israel of HaPardes, Hadarom, Beis Yitzchak, and Or Yeshiva University. He is also Holliswood in for 20 years and is now Hamizrach. His books include Eretz HaTzvi, spiritual leader of the Young Rabbi Emeritus. Rabbi Penner received his B’ikvei HaTzon, Ginat Egoz, Nefesh HaRav, Israel of Midwood in Brooklyn, Semikha from RIETS in 1994 and his BA from Mipninei HaRav, and Divrei HaRav. N.Y. Rabbi Shulman received Yeshiva College in 1991. The parent of a child his rabbinic education in the yeshivot of Mir, with special needs, he speaks across the coun- Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is Lakewood and Beis Yosef. Rabbi Shulman try on issues of children with disabilities. University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought is the author of three seforim: “Binyan Av” Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein and Senior Scholar at the Cen- and “Yesamach Av” Volumes 1 and 2. He also was ordained by Yeshiva ter for the Jewish Future, at served as an editor of the Schottenstein/ University and received Yeshiva University. Schacter Talmud. his PhD in Near Eastern holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Languages from Harvard Uni- in 2003, writing about how versity and received rabbinic ordination from interpretation of Avot changed Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. He graduated from signifi cantly in 15th century in 1973. From 2000 to 2005 Spain. Rabbi Rothstein has worked in the he served as dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. So- synagogue rabbinate, as well as in high school loveitchik Institute in . From 1981 to and adult education. He is the author of two 2000, he served as rabbi of The Jewish Cen- works of Jewishly-themed fi ction, Murderer ter in Manhattan, moving the congregation in the Mikdash and Cassandra Misreads the from 180 to more than 600 members over the Book of Samuel (and Other Untold Tales of the course of his tenure, and also served as rabbi Prophets). He lives in Riverdale with his wife, of the Maimonides Minyan in Brookline, MA Elizabeth, an intellectual property litigator, from 2000 to 2005. and their three children.