Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future
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The Center for the Jewish Future is a center at Yeshiva University
. Their mission is to shape, enrich, and inspire the contemporary Jewish community by convening the resources of Yeshiva University and:
It consists of six divisions:
Rabbi Kenneth Brander
is dean of the Center for the Jewish Future.
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
. Their mission is to shape, enrich, and inspire the contemporary Jewish community by convening the resources of Yeshiva University and:
- Infuse the student body with a spirit of leadership and sense of responsibility to the Jewish People and society in general
- Build, cultivate, and support communities and their lay and rabbinic leaders
- Create a global movement that promotes the values of Yeshiva University
It consists of six divisions:
- The Max Stern Division of Communal Services (at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological SeminaryRabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological SeminaryRabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University, located in Washington Heights, New York. It is named after Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, who died the year it was founded, 1896...
) offers continuing education for rabbis, rebbetzins, and educators under the age of 40, as well as lay leaders. - The Gertrude and Morris Bienenfeld Department of Rabbinic Services (Max Stern Division of Communal Services/Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) provides training and placement services for rabbis and educators.
- The Community Initiative Division promotes education programming, outreach, dialogue, and tikkun olamTikkun olamTikkun olam is a Hebrew phrase that means "repairing the world." In Judaism, the concept of tikkun olam originated in the early rabbinic period...
. - The Association of Modern OrthodoxModern Orthodox JudaismModern Orthodox Judaism is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law, with the secular, modern world....
Day Schools provides educational services, advocates for member schools, and interfaces on their behalf with Yeshiva University faculty and students. - The Leadership Training Division runs a number of programs including Quest (Quality Education Skills Training) that helps undergraduate students become more effective participants and leaders in Jewish Communal organizations. The Eimatai Leadership Development Project coordinates leadership training seminars for high school students across North America to focus on Social Action and Social Justice through a Jewish lens.
- The Research Division focuses on practical solutions to challenges such as infertility and organ donation. The division also includes the Torah U-MaddaTorah UmaddaTorah Umadda is a philosophy of Modern Orthodox Judaism, concerning the interrelationship between the secular world and Judaism, and in particular between secular knowledge and Jewish knowledge...
Project (including the Orthodox Forum, the Torah U-Madda Journal, and Ten Da’at: A Journal of Jewish Education) and hosts several independent organizations, including the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (helping to prevent agunot or abandoned wives) and the Orthodox Caucus.
Rabbi Kenneth Brander
Kenneth Brander
Rabbi Kenneth Brander is the Dean of the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future . CJF serves as Yeshiva University's catalyst to: Infuse the student body with a spirit of leadership and sense of commitment to the Jewish people and society; Builds, cultivates, and supports communities, and...
is dean of the Center for the Jewish Future.