Special Guest Lecturers/Our Esteemed Rabbinic Board
Rabbi Shalom Kamenetsky Rabbi Shalom Kamenetsky is a full time Professor of Talmud at the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. He received his Bachelor and Masters of Rabbinic and Talmudic Studies at the esteemed Beth Medrash Govoha Institute for Advanced Learning of Lakewood, New Jersey. Rabbi Kamenetsky majored in Talmudic Jurisprudence. He had considerable exposure in the areas of Religious Education, Jewish Ethics and Philosophy. He is Lecturer of Talmud at the OCP of the University of Pennsylvania and accredited Continuing Legal Education Provider for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New York .
Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler Rabbi Malkiel Kotler is Dean and leading Rabbi of Beth Medrash Govoha, the largest Rabbinical College in the world. The grandson of the Founder of BMG, Rabbi Kotler is chiefly responsible for hundreds of faculty, thousands of students, curriculum and overall continued growth of BMG. Rabbi Kotler is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah, the governing Rabbinic body of Agudath Yisroel of America which is the leading organization representing the Orthodox Jewish community in the US today. Rabbi Kotler lectures frequently in Jewish communities worldwide.
Rabbi Matisyahu C. Salomon Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon serves as a Dean and Chief Counselor of Beth Medrash Govoha’s 5500 plus students. A member of the Senior Faculty of BMG, Rabbi Salomon’s multi-faceted weekly lectures are routinely attended by more than 1000 students. Rabbi Salomon previously served in a similar position at Gatesehead Talmudical College in England and is one of the most popular lecturers in Orthodox Jewish communities throughout the world. As one of the leading and most respected Rabbis in the United States , Rabbi Salomon is very active in Jewish communal life. His advice and direction are sought by individuals and communities alike.
Speakers
Dr. Howard Lebowitz Howard Lebowitz graduated cum laude from the Harvard-Massachusetts of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology and earned the DuPont Young Investigator of the Year Award from the American College of Chest Physicians.
After completing his internship and residency in internal medicine at Boston ’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Lebowitz served as an attending physician at that Harvard teaching affiliate for five years and earned his board certification in internal medicine before joining the medical staff at Monmouth Medical Center in 2001.
Dr. David J. Lieberman David J. Lieberman. Ph.D. is an award-winning author and internationally recognized leader in the fields of human behavior and interpersonal relationships. Techniques based on his five books, which have been translated into eighteen languages and include two New York Times bestsellers, are used by the FBI, The Department of the Navy, Fortune 500 companies, and by governments and corporations in more than twenty-five countries. He has been appeared as a guest expert on more than two hundred programs such as The Today Show, Fox News, and The View, and his work has been featured in publications around the world. Dr. Lieberman, whose Ph.D. is in psychology, lectures and holds workshops across the country on a variety of topics.
Rabbi Shmuel Lynn Born in the Big Apple, raised in Palm Beach , graduate of Duke University and NYU’s Tisch Film School , Rabbi Lynn figured out early on in his career that most people are really writing and directing in Hollywood on the side in the hopes of one day becoming a Rabbi. He’s one of the few who made it. Irony of all ironies, he once refused to even apply to Penn because it was too Jewish. Five years in Hollywood led Rabbi Lynn to the epiphany that what you see in the world and what the world wants you to see are sets on a stage and behind it lies a surprise much grander than the Wizard of Oz. A short hiatus (sabbatical in other cultures) in Jerusalem led to a longer one, and yet again to an even longer one, culminating in his engagement and marriage to Ruthi. He currently runs a Maimonidies Program At University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Daniel Roth Dr. Daniel B. Roth joined the Retina-Vitreous Center in 2000. He was the valedictorian of his undergraduate class at Yeshiva University in New York City . He then received his M.D. degree from Yale University and studied as a resident in ophthalmology at the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He was honored by the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society, and received a Fight for Sight Research Fellowship, a Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, an Office of Student Research Fellowship, and an ARVO Travel Fellowship. Dr. Roth was a fellow in vitreoretinal disease and surgery at the world-famous Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Roth was also elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America® from 2005 to 2008.
Rabbi Yehoshua Berinstein Rabbi Yehoshua Berinstein studied international relations at Williams College and Columbia University. A former investment banker and Congressional aid, he has worked in the non-profit world in various capacities, including National Co-Director of Partners in Torah, National Director of Torah Umesorah's Project Seed, and Director of Agudath Israel's Am Echad. He is currently National Director of Development of Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America, and the Executive Director of the Rothstein Charitable Youth Trust.