Machon Shlomo
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| Machon Shlomo | |
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| Type | Yeshiva |
| Director | Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld |
| Location | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Campus | urban |
Machon Shlomo is an Orthodox yeshiva for men located in Har Nof, Jerusalem, Israel. Its faculty and student body are mostly American. Classes are taught in English.
Students usually come from the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, and South Africa. Most students were not raised Orthodox. The Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld.
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[edit] Name and History
Machon Shlomo is named after Rabbi Shlomo Rosenberg, a former head of the Orthodox Union (OU) kashrut division[citation needed]. The first Rosh Yeshiva was Rabbi Yaakov Rosenberg (1929-1999), Shlomo's son. Currently, the yeshiva is led by Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld, Rabbi Yaakov Rosenberg's son-in-law.
While operating from a traditional Jewish philosophy Machon Shlomo claims to distinguish itself with an emphasis on blending realities of the modern professional environment with Torah values. The majority of Machon Shlomo's alumni return to the professional working world. This is in contrast to some other yeshivas where a majority of alumni may remain full time in a Torah learning environment.
[edit] Staff
[edit] Rosh Yeshiva
Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld serves as Rosh Yeshiva, Chumash teacher, and as the Dean of Machon Shlomo. He holds a BA in Economics and an MA in History from Trinity College in Hartford, CT (1976). He was a Fulbright scholar and studied in Japan before deciding to study in yeshiva.
Gershenfeld is also the Rosh Yeshiva of Machon Yaakov and the Executive Director of Meor.
[edit] Other Lecturers
- Rabbi Noach Orlowek. He also serves as mashgiach (Spiritual Dean of Students) in Yeshivas Torah Or in Jerusalem.
- Rabbi Meir Triebitz attended the Juilliard School of Music and holds a degree in mathematical physics from Princeton University. He did a doctoral fellowship at Stanford University and taught mathematical physics at Queens College and SUNY Stonybrook.
- Rabbi Meir Parker holds a BA in Social and Intellectual History and Philosophy and a MA in Jewish History, both from Yeshiva University. He also studied at Ner Yisrael Yeshiva in Baltimore. Rabbi Parker teaches first year students how to learn Gemara. He also gives classes dealing with topics in Jewish history and on the Ramchal's Derech Hashem.
- Rabbi Yonasan Sigler holds degrees in engineering from Princeton and MIT. He received his semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He runs the Machon Shlomo summer program.
[edit] Students
The average student comes to Machon Shlomo for one or two years of study. Most students and alumni hold or are in the process of earning academic degrees. Over 90 percent of the alumni of Machon Shlomo are actively involved in careers. Most alumni live in the United States or Israel.[citation needed]
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