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unusual facts about Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary


Religious Zionists of America

Most rabbis affiliated with Modern Orthodoxy's Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), who are mostly alumni of Yeshiva University's (YU) Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) are active members and leaders in the RZA so that there is a strong correlation of leadership between YU, the RCA, Mizrachi in general, and the RZA.


Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner

Perl had received his semicha (rabbinic ordination) from Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and had previously served as Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, New Jersey.

Gershon Yankelewitz

There, the European-born rabbi was appointed by Rabbi Norman Lamm's predecessor, President Samuel Belkin as a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.

Sheldon Beren

Among the beneficiaries of his work are: Yeshiva University, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Boys Town Jerusalem, and several Orthodox rabbinical seminaries on the East Coast.


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