List of Yeshiva University people
This is a list of notable people associated with Yeshiva University, a private university in New York City. The list includes alumni, attendees, and faculty members past and present of the university.
Notable alumni[edit]
Academia[edit]
- David Berger (born 1943), Dean Emeritus at Bernard Revel Graduate School of Judaic Studies
- Michael Broyde (born 1964), law professor
- Shaye J. D. Cohen (B.A. 1970), Professor of Hebrew Literature & Philosophy at Harvard [1][2][3]
- Samuel J. Danishefsky, Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University and the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York
- Professor Laurence Dreyfus, Bach Scholar and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Ari L. Goldman, Columbia University professor and journalist
- Paul Gottfried, former professor at Elizabethtown College
- Gary Gruber, author, physicist, testing expert, educator
- A. Leo Levin (1919–2015), University of Pennsylvania Law School law professor
- Matthew Levitt, counterterrorism expert
- Emanuel Rackman (1910–2008), Modern Orthodox rabbi; President of Bar-Ilan University
- Michael Rosenak, Israeli philosopher of Jewish education
- Leonard Susskind, Felix Bloch professor of physics at Stanford University
- Steven Winter, Walter S. Gibbs Professor of Constitutional Law at Wayne State University Law School
Law[edit]
- Jeff Ballabon, lawyer
- Noach Dear (1953–2020), New York Supreme Court judge
- Alan Dershowitz, attorney, attended BTA
- Sandra J. Feuerstein, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Jason Greenblatt, U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations, executive vice president and chief legal officer to Donald Trump and The Trump Organization
- Nat Lewin, attorney
- Abraham David Sofaer, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Shalom David Stone, attorney; nominee for the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals
Government and politics[edit]
- Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, physician (medical degree)
- Philip Ensler, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
- Louis Henkin, jurist
- Daniel Kurtzer, former Ambassador to Egypt and Israel
- Olga A. Mendez, Chairwoman of the New York State Senate Labor Committee
- Grace Meng, Congresswoman from New York (J.D.)
- Sheldon Silver, Speaker of New York State Assembly 1994
Arts and media[edit]
- Elon Gold, actor and comedian of Stacked fame, attended MTA
- Eddie Huang, chef, writer, and television personality (J.D. 2008)
- Lucy Kaplansky, singer-songwriter
- Aaron Klein, reporter, radio personality, author
- Yaakov Lemmer, chazzan
- Barbara Olson, television commentator
- Chaim Potok, author, most notably of The Chosen[4]
- Violet Ramis Stiel, daughter of actor/writer/director Harold Ramis and author of Ghostbuster's Daughter: Life With My Dad Harold Ramis
- Josh Saviano, actor (law degree)
- Nachum Segal, radio host
- Ari Shaffir, comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer
- Laura Sydell, National Public Radio
Religion[edit]
- Nachman Bulman, rabbi
- Shlomo Einhorn, dean of Yavneh Hebrew Academy
- Chaim (Howard) Jachter, rabbi
- Meir Kahane, Orthodox rabbi and Knesset member, attended BTA
- Ezra Labaton, rabbi
- Aharon Lichtenstein, rabbi
- Haskel Lookstein, rabbi
- Dr. Moses Mescheloff, rabbi
- Avigdor Miller, Haredi rabbi
- Shlomo Riskin, rabbi
- Joseph Telushkin, rabbi, lecturer, and author
- Moshe David Tendler, rabbi
- Moshe Weinberger, Haredi rabbi
- Mordechai Willig, rabbi
- Chaim Zimmerman, rabbi
- Meir Soloveichik, rabbi and public thinker
- Hershel Schachter, rabbi
- Harold M. Schulweis, rabbi
Medicine and sciences[edit]
- Raymond Damadian, pioneer of MRI technology
- Samuel J. Danishefsky, chemist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1995/96
- Hillel Furstenberg, mathematician
- Rudolph Leibel, medical researcher[5][6]
- David Macht, pharmacologist
- Daniel Wise, mathematician
- Martin L. Yarmush, biomedical engineer and physician
Business[edit]
- Stan Kasten, President of the Los Angeles Dodgers, attended MTA
- Ralph Lauren, designer, attended MTA
- Mark Nordlicht, hedge fund manager
- David Samson, Miami Marlins executive (J.D. 1992)
- Ahmed Zayat, owner of American Pharoah, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Other[edit]
- Ryan Turell, professional basketball player
- Randi Weingarten, President of the United Federation of Teachers (law degree)
- Baruch Goldstein, Perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.
Notable faculty and staff[edit]
- Danny Ayalon
- Samuel Belkin
- David Berger[7]
- Saul J. Berman, author
- Benjamin Blech, author (also alumnus)[8][9]
- J. David Bleich[10]
- Elisheva Carlebach
- Shalom Carmy, theologian and Jewish historian (also alumnus)
- Pinkhos Churgin (1894-1957), first President of Bar-Ilan University
- Bernard Epstein
- Louis Feldman
- Steven Fine
- Joshua Fishman, linguist
- Jekuthiel Ginsburg
- Jason Greenblatt
- Paul Greengard, Nobel Prize winner
- Lawrence Hajioff, Judaic studies faculty
- Elazar Hurvitz, historian[11]
- Richard Joel, president
- David Alan Johnson
- Ephraim Kanarfogel, dean and historian (also alumnus)
- Arthur Komar
- Joy Ladin, Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women (2003-2021)
- Norman Lamm, chancellor (also alumnus)[12]
- Joe Lieberman, US Senator
- Bernard Madoff, former Chairman & Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Sy Syms School of Business
- Rachel Mesch, scholar of French literature, history, and culture
- Marysa Navarro, historian
- Adam Zachary Newton[13]
- Michael Rosensweig
- Oliver Sacks, neurologist
- Hershel Schachter, rabbi (also alumnus)[14]
- Jacob J. Schachter[15]
- Barry Scheck, lawyer
- Lawrence Schiffman
- Shimon Shkop
- Eli Baruch Shulman[16]
- Nahum Slouschz
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik, The Rav, (deceased), rabbi and talmudist
- Telford Taylor (deceased), lawyer
- Moshe Tendler, rabbi and medical ethics authority (also alumnus)
- Mayer Twersky, rabbi
- Abraham Weiss (1895–1970), professor of Talmud
- Mordechai Willig, Rosh Kollel (also alumnus)
- Rachel Wischnitzer
- Herman Wouk, author
- Benjamin Yudin, rabbi[17]
- Dov Zakheim, political adviser
- Solomon Zeitlin
- Bob Tufts, former MLB pitcher[18][19][20]
References[edit]
- ^ Cohen, Shaye J. D. (2005). Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24458-0.
- ^ Gewertz, Ken (1 November 2001). "Identity politics in late antiquity". Harvard Gazette.
- ^ "Cohen, Shaye J.D.". Encyclopaedia Judaica. Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Ephross, Peter (June 23, 2002). "Chaim Potok dead at age of 73, was literary pioneer and scholar". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ Shell E (January 1, 2002). "Chapter 4: On the Cutting Edge". The Hungry Gene: The Inside Story of the Obesity Industry. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-1422352434.
- ^ Shell E (January 1, 2002). "Chapter 5: Hunger". The Hungry Gene: The Inside Story of the Obesity Industry. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-1422352434.
- ^ Rabbi David Berger (November 23, 2005). "Rabbi David Berger: Professor of History, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY". Rabbinical Council of America. Archived from the original on December 27, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ Rabbi Benjamin Blech (October 13, 2003). "YU Professor Publishes Ninth Book: Taking Stock: A Spiritual Guide to Rising Above Life's Financial Ups and Downs". Taking Stock. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ Benjamin Blech bio Archived 2003-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics. "J. David Bleich". Profile. Cardozo. Archived from the original on June 5, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ "Core Faculty". Bernard Revel, Gradual School of Jewish Studies. Archived from the original on July 5, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ "Interview with YU president Norman Lamm". Archived from the original on 2006-02-12. Retrieved 2005-12-11.
- ^ Dr. Adam Zachary Newton. "?". Yeshiva University Faculty. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ Herschel Schachter bio
- ^ "Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University, New York, NY". Rabbinical Council of America. June 6, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ "Rabbi Eliahu Baruch Shulman of Brooklyn Joins Faculty of Yeshiva University's Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies". Yeshiva University News. October 6, 2005. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ Rabbi Benjamin Yudin Archived 2007-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, Congregation Shomrei Torah. Retrieved March 27, 2008. "He pursued a dual graduate study program, earning smicha (rabbinic ordination) from Y. U.'s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, as well as a master's degree in Jewish History."
- ^ "Robert Tufts '77". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 3 February 2020.
- ^ Diunte, Nick (2019). "Bob Tufts Fought Cancer With An Arsenal Of Brushback Pitches Until His Final Inning". Forbes.
- ^ "Bob Tufts". www.huffpost.com.