We have trained over 200 stellar, transformative rabbis who serve in communities across the U.S., in Israel, and across the globe. They:

Seth Braunstein Szarvas helping student lay teffilin

Reach over 500,000 people each year, serving in a wide variety of settings

  • In some of the largest and most vibrant Modern Orthodox synagogues in America
  • In smaller communities around the globe that lack Modern Orthodox options
  • On a wide range of college campuses
  • As teachers and administrators in day schools
  • As chaplains in hospitals, prisons, and the U.S. Armed Forces
  • As religious and spiritual entrepreneurs, including as founders of dynamic engagement opportunities for all Jews
  • As leaders of Jewish community centers, senior residences, camps, adult education programs, and so much more.
Steven Exler Bar Mitzvah

Occupy top leadership positions in the Jewish community

  • Heads of School and Heads of Judaic Studies
  • Executive Directors and a Vice President of Hillel International
  • Camp Directors and as Vice President of Foundation for Jewish Camp
  • Senior rabbis in major synagogues, including the both the largest Orthodox synagogue in the US and the largest one in Canada
  • Senior rabbis and Directors of Chaplaincy of major hospitals in the US and Israel

Are innovators, thought-leaders and change agents

Some of the most exciting new and visionary initiatives in the Jewish community over the last 20 years have been launched and headed by YCT rabbis.

  • Base – Rabbinic couples opening their homes to millennials and others seeking Jewish engagement and learning, now in 10 locations across the US.
  • Uri LiTzedek – An Orthodox movement bringing people together around learning Torah and activism for a variety of social justice causes.
  • Solu – A Chicago-based organization bridging the gaps between Jews and non-Jews through shared social action and community projects.
  • YATOM – Jewish Foster and Adoption Network, providing material and spiritual support for those who bring children into their homes.
  • Fact Finders Israel – 10-day trips to Israel for Jewish and non-Jewish college students, to learn about the Israel-Palestinian first-hand and deepen relationships between campus leaders.
  • Livyat Chen: YCT Center for Pastoral Rabbinic Education in Israel – Bringing Israeli clergy together for in-depth training and in-person experience providing spiritual care in various healthcare settings.

Our Alumni in Action

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Rabbi Jordan Soffer YCT (’16): Path to Becoming a Rabbi

Alumni Impact, Video

Rabbi Jon Leener: Rabbi of BASE BKLYN &The Prospect Heights Shul

Alumni Impact, Video

Rabbi Aaron Lerner: Executive Director, UCLA Hillel

Alumni Impact, Video

Rabbi Andrew Scheer: Rabbi of the Tokyo Jewish Community

Alumni Impact, Video

Rabbi Mishael Zion’s (’11) Journey to the Rabbinate in Israel

Alumni Impact, Video

Rabbi Ari Hart (’12) Makes a Deep Impact in His Hometown

Alumni Impact, Video

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (’10) on the Obligation to Help Foster Kids

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Alumni News

The times they are a changin’ — and so is the tune in our Portland synagogue

Seeing the Place Again

Photograph of Hody Nemes. Image of a man from the shoulders up, he appears to be in his 30s, and he is facing the camera. He is light sandy toned skin, a wide toothy smile and dark brown eyes. He has shortish, neat, black hair and is clean shaven. He is wearing a dark grey-blue suit, a white button down shirt and a light pastel blue tie with blue, orange and green polka dots. The background is blurry and is of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale's aron cover. It is a navy blue fabric with various designs on different colored cloth squares. The designs are hard to make out but from left to right the top row is sandy, purple, red, orange. The second row is, pink, orange, lime green, purple. The last row is orange, yellow and pink.

YCT Alumni Rabbi Hody Nemes & Rabbi Ari Hart: Hersh’s Fridge dedicated in Skokie in memory of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

YCT Chag HaSemikha Highlights 5786

“The silence was not the whole story” by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman (’16)

25 Years of Impact: I Never Had a Rabbi Like Aviad Bodner

eJewish Philanthropy: What the Australian response to Bondi reveals about Jewish institutional readiness

Rabbi Max Davis (YCT ’08) on bearing witness and making a difference in Minneapolis

Photograph of Rabbi Seth Winberg. Image of a man, from the chest upwards, angled to the right but with head facing the camera, he appears to be middle aged. He has pinkish-sandy toned skin, a shy toothy smile and eyes that are either green or blue. His hair is short and dark brown and he is clean shaven. He is wearing a cyan knit keepah and rectangular glasses that are rimless at the bottom and have black frames. He is wearing a navy blue suit with a white button down shirt and a royal blue tie with repeating pink starburst pattern followed by a small turquoise circle. The background of the image is blurry and appears to be a bluish-white series of square window panes.

The Canadian Jewish News: MAID in conflict with Jewish values by Rabbi Seth Winberg (YCT ’11)

New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind

Photograph of Rabbi Aaron Portman. Image of a man, from the shoulders up, facing the camera with head slightly tilted to the right, smiling broadly. His eyes are dark, possibly green, and partly closed, he appears to be in his 20s-30s and he has light, pinkish sandy toned skin. He has short, dirty blonde hair that curls slightly upwards, he has stubble around the bottom half of his face. He is wearing bright red-orange tortoise shell, circular glasses. He is also wearing a navy blue collared shirt and a black suit jacket. The background of the image is blurry and indistinct and contains patches of forest green, pastel yellow, sky blue and pastel orange.

Building Bridges Through Restorative Justice: An Interview with Rabbi Aaron Portman (YCT ’21)

Ohev Sholom Community Gathers Amid Federal Workforce Challenges

Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro (’08) Reflects on 15 Years at Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah

It’s Been Five Years Since COVID-19 Broke Out. Are We Finally ‘Okay’?

eJewishPhilanthropy: A vision for Jewish flourishing on campus

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz (’10) for eJewish Philanthropy: “Thinking beyond Jewish Continuity”

Rabbi Jacob Siegel

On Yom Kippur, a Jewish case for fossil fuel divestment

What kind of religious Jew am I? The Rachel and Jon kind

You Should Know… Rabbi Daniel Epstein

A Year of Hardship, Trauma, and Leadership:
YCT Leading The Way In ’23-‘24

Orthodox synagogue in Nashville with ice cream, music ‘ministries’ hits the high notes at 120

Rabbi Dani Passow (’12) of Harvard Hillel reflects on Israel at 76 with Daniel Gordis

Rabbi Jacob Siegel

Advised by Rabbi Jacob Siegel (’16), Two Jewish Federations Divest from Fossil Fuels

At Rikers Island, Jewish volunteers find a ‘powerful connection’ with inmates by leading prayer services

Embracing full membership - YCT Purim Reader

Embracing Full Membership: The YCT Purim Reader

Rabbi Yair Paran, (Rikmah ’23) Responds to Chief Rabbi’s: “Haredim will leave Israel if drafted”

Livyat Chen: Introducing YCT’s Israel Center for Pastoral Counseling

Thoughts on a Death

Rabbi Jonathan Leener

Trauma’s Enduring Legacy: Auschwitz to Kfar Aza

Rabbi Jordan Soffer (’16) on his path to becoming a Rabbi

Rabbi Jacob Siegel

World Leaders Failed Us, But We Have the Power to End the Era of Fossil Fuels

More kids are asking questions about the war in Gaza, leaving parents searching for answers

From Berkeley to Boston, YCT Rabbis Rally for Israel

Photograph of Rabbi Seth Winberg. Image of a man, from the chest upwards, angled to the right but with head facing the camera, he appears to be middle aged. He has pinkish-sandy toned skin, a shy toothy smile and eyes that are either green or blue. His hair is short and dark brown and he is clean shaven. He is wearing a cyan knit keepah and rectangular glasses that are rimless at the bottom and have black frames. He is wearing a navy blue suit with a white button down shirt and a royal blue tie with repeating pink starburst pattern followed by a small turquoise circle. The background of the image is blurry and appears to be a bluish-white series of square window panes.

I’m a rabbi at Brandeis. Its decision voiding recognition for its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter was the right move

Photograph of a pro-Israel rally in front of a city college campus. Image of several people, most of whom appear to be college age or young professionals are gathered around a figure standing on the right on top of a platform and who is speaking into a microphone. Most of the figures have a pale, tanned or pinkish skin tone and many are wearing blue or holding posters or flags. There appear to be at least 9 Israeli flags, two of them are being worn by people on the bottom right like capes. There are also 2 large flags that each have the American flag on the left (a flag with 13 horizontal stripes that interchange between white and red, a large blue square on the top left corner which is dotted with 50 white, 5-pointed stars) and an Israeli flag on the right half (a white flag with two broad, blue, horizontal stripes, one on the top and one on the bottom, and a large blue Magen David in the middle, a six-pointed star made from 2 over lapping and opposite facing triangles). Several of the protesters are holding up posters that depict the American and Israeli flag with large white text over them saying "WE STAND WITH ISRAEL". Several of the protesters are wearing keepote and many of which are white, a few protesters are older, middle aged and a small number even older, and several individuals are holding phones. The figure on the right who is speaking is facing left with an arm extended and pointing outwards while the other hand is holding the black microphone. The figure appears to be male, is wearing a navy blue suit and pants, a white button down shirt, a black watch and a navy blue keepah with yellow or white patterns on the rim. He has brown, neat, short hair and beard. A poster is being held up by one of the people wearing the Israeli flag like a cape next to the speaker which reads "I (then a blue heart) ISRAEL". The poster is white with blue text and a blue stripe on the top and bottom. Around the rally are 4 large black street lamps that have a light glowing from behind a black cage-like design and the lamp is topped with a small black minaret. Behind the rally is a street with several cars and a yellow school bus either parked or driving behind them. In the distance are a few large rectangular buildings. One building is off-white, another dark grey and the last two large buildings are made of reddish-brown brick. The largest building, one of the reddish-brown ones, has a sign made of large white suspended letters that says "COLLEGE OF ART". The sky is an overcast greyish-blue and there are a few yellow-green leafed trees in the background.

I’m So Proud Of Our Rabbis At This Moment – Reflections from Rabbi Linzer

Raising tired arms: How boards can support their leaders during periods of crisis

The Case for a Ceasefire in Gaza Ignores the Facts About Hamas by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz (’10)

Rabbi Uri Topolosky (YCT ’05) of Kehilat Pardes in Rockville MD and synagogue youth making soup for local Israeli families

WIP Photograph of Rabbi Saul Strosberg speaking at a pro-Israel rally. Rabbi Strosberg is standing behind small podium which is made of black metal and has a banner in front of it. The banner is white with a blue stripe at the top and in the center is a picture of an American flag to the left connected to an Israeli flag to the right like a single slightly furled up ribbon. The white segments of the Israeli flag and the American flag at the opposite ends blur into the white background. Below the image are large blue words with each line getting progressively larger and thicker. The first line says "TENNESSEE" and underneath that "RALLY FOR" and finally below that "ISRAEL". Rabbi Strosberg has pale sandy toned skin and is facing slightly to the right. He appears to be in his 30s or 40s with very short brown hair and appears otherwise clean shaven. He is wearing a white button-down shirt, dark grey pants, a black belt, a blue lanyard with unreadable white text and black sunglasses.

Rabbi Saul Strosberg (YCT ’05) of Congregation Sherith Israel Nashville, speaks at downtown rally for Israel.

Talking openly about Israel will make us less polarized, not more

Screenshot from a CNN News broadcast with Rabbi Ari Hart who attended the funeral of a Muslim boy who had been killed. Image is split down the middle by a red line, on the right is a rabbi and on the left is presumably a CNN news host. At the bottom of the screen is the headline in large black letters on a white text box saying "HUNDREDS ATTEND VIGIL FOR 6-YR-OLD BOY KILLED IN ALLEGED ANTI-MUSLIM ATTACK." Above and curving around the left end of the text box is a red text box with white text saying "DEVELOPING STORY". On the right end of the white text box are the letter "CNN" in large red letters that connect to one another and have a white line running through them (the CNN logo) and below that is a red downward arrow that says "S&P" in black on the left and "56.70" on the right. Just above the white text box is a small red text box with white letters that say "LIVE". The text below the white text box is cut-off by the Youtube frame, a semi-transparent bar with a line going from the far left to the far right that is mostly red with some white at the end. Below the line is a white play button (right facing arrow), a skip button (same arrow but with a vertical line in front of it), a volume button (cartoon megaphone with a semicircle and a right facing arch coming out of it), a time stap that says "4:08/5:14" and then on the right side a transparent play button inside a white circle, a white box with transparent "CC" inside it (closed caption icon), a white gear (settings icon), a hollow white square with a solid white square in the bottom right, a hollow white square, a hollow white square with 3 curved white bars coming from the bottom left, and a 4 white right angles forming a roughly square shape (the full screen icon). The figure on the left appears to be a woman in her 30s to 40s with light tanish skin and facing the camera. She has shoulder length, straight, blonde hair that is parted on the side, dark eyes, prominent eye brows and is visible from the chest up. She is wearing a black coat, a black, white and grey-green floral top and earrings that might have small clear or whitish gem stone. Behind her is a cityscape with squat, pale colored apartments and the whole cityscape has a blue tint. On the right is Rabbi Ari Hart, he is a man who appears to be in his 30s to 40s, is directly facing the camera, and has pale beige skin. He has short, neat, dark hair and a full, short, and neat beard with connected mustache. He has brown eyes and is wearing dark, circular glasses that are tapered at the ends. He is also wearing a blue-grey suit and a white button down shirt with a glossy light blue tie. Behind him is an arrangement of sefarim filling most of 3 black, wooden book cases. The books come in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes but most appear to be in Hebrew and tend to be grey, brown or black and many have gilded spines.

CNN News – Rabbis Attend Funeral for Muslim Boy in Illinois

YCT Rikmah Fellow Rav Shai Weitzman officiating at a wedding of a fellow chayal on the front lines

Gratitude to everyone supporting the YCT Israel Emergency Fund expressed by YCT musmakh (YCT ’11) and IDF medic Rabbi Eytan Yammer

I’m a Rabbi. Here’s Why I Went to a Murdered Palestinian Boy’s Funeral.

Rabbi Adam Scheier

‘It was hard to stay away’: Why this Montreal Rabbi Adam Scheier (YCT ’04) went to Israel amid the war

Photograph of a pro-Israel rally in Austin Texas. Image of a crowd of people standing outside in what appears to be a city square or park. Rabbi Daniel Millner has his back to the camera and is speaking to the assembled crowd, he is wearing a navy blue suite with a white collard shirt, he has a tanned skin tone and short, neat black hair and is also wearing a black knit keepah. A figure with dark hair in a bun and a close cropped beard is holding out a mic to Rabbi Millner with their right hand, they also have glasses, a white shirt sleeved shirt and is wearing an Israeli flag over their shoulders like a cape. Many other figures in the crowd are wearing an Israeli flag in similar fashion or are waving them over their heads, a few figures also have American flags. Many of the people at the rally are holding up posters but most are difficult to make out. Three of the poster are legible, one says "40 BABIES" in yellow block letters followed by "MURDERED BY HAMAS" in white and the rest of the poster is black with four illustrated white candles each with a small yellow flame. Another poster is also black and says in white block letters "NEVER AGAIN IS NOW". The last poster is white and says in blue block letters "AM YISRAEL CHAI" with a picture of an Israeli flag. The people at the rally come in a variety of ages and attires though many seem to be wearing blue and/or white and most appear to have lighter skin tones and they all seem to be over the age of 16. The backdrop of the image is a sunny tiled pathway with a few green leafy trees on either side. In the back are a number of tall buildings, mostly brown or white with many blue glass windows. The sky is light blue and cloudless appears to fade to a blueish-white.

Rabbi Daniel Millner (YCT ’14) at the Israel Rally at the Capitol in Austin

Photograph from 'We are at war with terror'. Image with protesters standing and holding up signs in support of Israel. One figure, far right, is has a tan skin tone and short brown hair and is facing to the left. He appears to be male and is clean shaven and seems to be middle aged. He is wearing a white button down shirt, navy blue khakis, a white, full-length, tallis, circular tortoise shell glasses and a keepah that is navy blue on top and has light blue triangular patterns on the bottom. In his left hand he is holding a black, corded, microphone or recorder and in his right hand he is holding a sign that seems to be a photograph of a man holding 2 children, one of whom is a toddler, the words on the poster are hard to make out. In front of the far right figure is a small child, possibly elementary age, with short blonde hair, a tan skin tone, pastel green T-shirt and magenta rectangular glasses with a magenta band in the back securing it to the child's head. On the left are 2 more figures. The one are the near left appears to be a female and might be between high school and college age. She has pale skin, long, straight, brown hair and has her head facing the slightly to the right. She is wearing an Israeli flag like a cape with the white outer frame and 2 broad blue, horizontal (vertical in this perspective) stripe visible, she is also wearing beige khakis. She is holding a white foam-board sign that says "Am Yisrael Chai" in large blue letters with a blue Magen David underneath. On the far left is a person who appears to be a middle aged man with pale skin. His hair, if he has any, is obscured by a black and beige baseball hat, he is also wearing an Israeli flag in a similar fashion to the girl. He is also wearing black sunglasses, a navy blue t-shirt and beige pants. He is holding up a black sign with a picture of black window-blinds outlining the shape of Israel with a red background to the blinds. There is a red child-like figure on the poster who is peaking out from the window-blinds, there are also white words on the poster but they are difficult to make out. There are several figures who are hard to make out behind the 4 front figures. Behind the protesters is a grey street with green foliage behind it and a light blue cloudless sky and a set of 3 black traffic lights suspended on a white horizontal pole.

‘We are at war with terror’: Scottsdale community calls for release of hostages held by Hamas

Israel Solidarity Gatherings Held at Beth Jacob and Cedars-Sinai

Rabbi Yonatan Cohen (YCT ’06) Speaks About Nephew Killed in Israel

Photograph of Rabbi Aaron Portman. Image of a man, from the shoulders up, facing the camera with head slightly tilted to the right, smiling broadly. His eyes are dark, possibly green, and partly closed, he appears to be in his 20s-30s and he has light, pinkish sandy toned skin. He has short, dirty blonde hair that curls slightly upwards, he has stubble around the bottom half of his face. He is wearing bright red-orange tortoise shell, circular glasses. He is also wearing a navy blue collared shirt and a black suit jacket. The background of the image is blurry and indistinct and contains patches of forest green, pastel yellow, sky blue and pastel orange.

Rabbi Portman appointed senior Jewish educator and campus rabbi at OSU Hillel

Brandeis Photograph of Brandeis University in front of the Brandeis University sign. The sign is a large rectangular slab of off-white stone held up by 2 stone blocks with grooves cut through the middle for the sign to rest in, the blocks are the same color and material. On the sign, carved in large block font that makes the letters appear black is "BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY". To the left of the words is the Brandeis logo. The words and symbols are hard to make out but the image is a circle within a circle with the larger circle having words written within going around the inner circumference. The only word that is clear is the one on top that says "TRUTH", all the words appear similar to the larger ones on the Brandeis sign. The inner circle has a shield with light rays extending outwards in all directions. Inside the shield are 3 lit candles in the middle with an indeterminate word on top and "אמת" on the bottom. The sign is resting in a large patch of soil with 2 small spot lights and a small bed of yellow and purple flowers. The background of the image is a manicured green grassy lawn with a few large green leafy trees on the left and right and metal poles holding up banners dotted around. There is a large yellow and white flower patch directly behind the sign and there is an off-white stone sidewalk swerving upwards towards a set of large rectangular buildings. The building on the right is grey with many blueish windows on the bottom half. the middle building is shaped like 90 degree line with mostly blue-green glass and the building on the right is red-brown brick. The sky is light royal blue with wispy white and blue-grey clouds.

Brandeis is ‘Anything But’ Bad for Observant Jews

A Year of Strong & Steady Growth: YCT Highlights of ’22-’23

Photograph of Rabbi Ari Hart Photo of a man from the shoulders up. He appears to be in his 30s or early 40s and has sandy toned skin and neat yet curly short dark brown hair. He has a neat, short, full face beard with connected mustache and possibly brown eyes. He has a toothy smile and is facing the camera. He is wearing circular dark tortoise shell glasses, a charcoal grey suit and a white button down shirt. The background of the image is white.

Skokie Synagogue Renovation Reflects Congregation’s Recent Renaissance

The Making of a Rabbi: Nissan Antine

Photograph of Rabbi Aaron Lerner with Surfboard. Image of a man, from the knees up, turned to the right with head facing the camera and appears to be middle aged. He has a beaming smile, half-closed eyes, and pinkish tan skin. He has thick black hair that is greying on the sides, seems to be clean shaven and is wearing a navy blue sweater with a white button down shirt underneath and blue jeans. He is carrying a surfboard horizontally at a slight upwards angle under one arm. The surfboard is depicting a city-like map grid with the land mass being being yellow with broad white grid lines criss crossing throughout. There are a few splotches of green on the map and on the top left section of the map is blue representing a body of water with 2 smaller rivulets going into the city on the right vertically and on the left horizontally. Slightly past the half-way point, to the right, are 4 navy blue, circle logos. The one furthest to the right has the white silhouette of a bear. Side by side, with the top one just below the bear, is a white city logo with the abstracted images of 4apartment buildings with windows, and a logo which looks like an overlapping "" forming a shape similar to a Magen David. The last logo, to the left of the previously mentioned one, looks like a white Roman helmet with a visor and a horse-like mane/ crest. On the far left side of the surfboard are the words "ללכת עם הזרם" (the letters are on their sides because the surfboard is being held horizontally) with a white wavy pattern to the left and a navy blue section to the left of that. Behind Rabbi Lerner are 2 tall bookshelves filled with Jewish books in various colors and sizes and to the left of the shelves is a grey wall.

Finance, rabbinics and practical experience fuel L.A. Jewish community foundation’s new top exec

Photograph of UCLA (university of California, Los Angeles) Hillel building. Image of a grey stone building made up of large rectangular blocks arranges vertically with small window-like gaps spread throughout. The building appears to be about 3 floors tall with a large windowed balcony section on the top left and what might be a large square garage entrance on the bottom right and a big stone arch main entrance. To the right and left of the building are some scraggly trees with an asphalt road/ walk-way leading up to and past the building. The sky behind the structure is a bright, cloudless blue.

How Hillel at UCLA Moved beyond Tolerance to Embrace Difference

Photograph of Rabbi Kyle Savitch Image of a man, facing the camera, with a grey background. He appears to be in his 30s and has a pinkish-beige skin tone, green eyes and has a slightly open mouthed broad smile. He has wavy dirty-blonde hair and a short full-faced beard with connect mustache. He is wearing a dark maroon sweater-coat with a vertical blue and white striped button down shirt.

Rabbi Kyle Savitch (’21) Holds Both Jewish Tradition and Modern Sensibilities in His Hands with Kehillat Harlem

Jason Mark

Jason Mark (’22), rabbi at Congregation Etz Chayim, observes High Holidays in Toledo

Rabbi Aaron Lerner

Rabbi Aaron Lerner (’13) Selected as Next President and CEO of Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

Rabbi Jonathan Leener

Synagogue Teshuva

headshot of aaron finkelstein

Jewish Journal- Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein: The Educator With a Pastoral Focus

kyle savitch, seated far right, at a kitchen table with four others teaching torah. looks like a friendly group.

#YCTInnovators: Kyle Savitch (’21) Is Helping Lead the Growing Orthodox Community of Harlem

Jewish Journal: Rabbi Jason Weiner—The Calm, Unanxious Presence

Photograph of a person, presumably male, clutching his side with both hands. The man is wearing a light blue button-down shirt and a striped tie that has a repeating pattern of dark blue fading into light blue followed by dark blue, a line of grey, dark blue and then light blue again. Only the man's waist to upper chest area can be seen. His hands are overlapping on-top of the side of his stomach, his hands are an light sandy skin-tone. On his left wrist is a silver analogue watch. He is wearing black pants and a black leather belt.

I’m a Rabbi With Mental Illness and I’m Done Trying to Hide My Pain

Jewish Daily Forward: A Chicago Orthodox rabbi reaches out to his Rohingya and Black neighbors

A photograph of a white latex gloved hand with fingers slightly splayed except for the thumb and pointer finger. Clasped between the thumb and pointer finger is a small glass bottle with a white cap that has blue plastic at the top. The bottom of the bottle has a white label with blue letters saying "mRNA Vaccine" with "COVID-19" written below in smaller letters. The background of the image is white.

Why Being a Rabbi Led Me to Participate in the Novavax Vaccine Trial

#YCTInnovators: Learn about Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff’s (’18) Journey to Professional Genealogy

Photo-realistic image of a hospital's surgery room. Picture of a white room with a tiled floor and 4 hospital wards lined up against the wall. Each ward has a bar with a sliding divider between them and a metal bed-frame on wheels with a thin mattress and pillow on top of them. Each bed frame also has a metal step stool leading up to the bed and the wall behind the bed has a large power strip with machinery plugged into it. The three furthest beds each have some type of mechanical grey box on a small shelf that is attached to the power strip, the three furthest beds also have cream colored bed sheets, a thin blanket and a pillow case on the pillow. The wall of each ward also has a small horizontal, cylindrical wall light. Of the two middle wards the right one has a cabinet to the right of the bed and the left one has a small night stand to the right of the bed. The ward closest to the viewer has the bed linens removed revealing a blue canvas mattress and pillow, there is a set of folded, cream colored linens at the foot of the bed. Both the closets and furthest wards have a small box like machine with buttons on the right side and a large bar making an upside down squared out U shape above the machine and 3 tubes coming of of the bottom of the device. There is a divider leading into a dark room at the far left end of the image.

In Haifa Coronavirus Ward, a US-Trained Rabbi Helps Muslims Keep the Faith

A photograph of a key hanging in a door lock. The right half of the image is taken up by a brown wooden door which has a greenish tinge due to the light source coming from the left. The key is inside a metal modern turning door lock and is hanging at the center of the photograph. The key inside the lock is metal and straight with ridges on both sides of the key bit and the part that attaches the bit to the key-ring is bulky and made of black plastic. On the small metal loop key-ring are hanging to other keys pointing straight down, both are completely metal and have ridges only on one side of the bit, the front key is squarish at the top and the back key is circular at the top. At the top of the image is what might be a cylindrical door knob but it has been cut-off at the top. The left side of the image is blurry and seems to be a window directed outside to a garden or some other space with a large light source and many green vaguely leaf shaped objects.

Open Doors

The Silence Between Us – What we’re missing in the #MeToo/#GamAni Movement

Cornell University Logo A circular logo over of transparent background. The circle is white with red outlining the letters and images and a red border before and after the lettering around the circumference of the circle. The block letters going around the circumference of the circle say "CORNELL UNIVERSITY" on the top half and the bottom half says "FOUNDED A.D. 1865". In the center of the circle is another circle with a shield touching 3 edges of the circle. The shield is split into 2 segments, the top third and the bottom 2 thirds. The bottom segment has the symbol of an open book facing the viewer with 8 horizontal bars each on the left and right pages of the book. The line dividing the book extends upwards and downwards past the edge of the book and forms a "T" separating the bottom segment from the top segment and the left part of this segment from the right part. The book symbol also has 3 small squares coming out of its left and right sides with space between them appearing like bookmarks or tags.The top segment has two smaller shields. The left shield has a horizontal box taking up a third of the shield and descending down from the box are 6 vertical lines. The right shield has a quadrilateral in the abstracted form of a ship with 5 other quadrilaterals appearing like sails. The ship is on a flat plane meant to look like water with 3 triangular shapes behind to look like mountains and a circle behind the mountains with rays bursting out to look like the sun.

Rabbi Ari Weiss honored for Cornell Hillel leadership

Rabbi Noah Leavitt Ran the New York Marathon for Friendship Circle

Hearing the Shofar’s Cry in the Jerusalem of Lithuania

Rabbi Aaron Frank (’08) leads his students in faith

Photograph of meat being grilled. Most of the image is taken up by a piece of what might be chicken breast, its mostly light in color but is clearly fully cooked with many splotches of dark reddish-brown to black coloring, including about 9 dark vertical grill lines. To its left are two other cooking pieces of meat that are slightly blurred. They also appear to be poultry but are much redder in hue and one appears to have a skewer sticking out of the bottom horizontally. The meat is cooking on top of a grill grate with black metal bars in horizontal rows making up the surface of the grill. Below the bars are grey coals with an orange glow emanating from beneath them.

Rabbi Jacob Siegel ensures that investors do not promote religious discrimination and instead reflect their values

Photo-realistic image of the inside of a library. A library with row upon row of shelves filled with books on the left and right walls. Down the middle is an ornate dark brown wooden banister around the entrance to a downward staircase. At the top of the stair case, below the opposite banister is a sign that says "AMERICA AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALASIA" in cream colored blocky font. The 4 corners of the banister have a upwards wooden protrusion shaped like and angular vase. Behind the down stairs entrance are two standing racks, each with 7 horizontal rolls of wrapping paper with a beige circular table. On the table are several indiscernible squarish objects and a tall, green potted plant with bright yellow flowers. Behind the table is a large arched window in a white frame with swirling designs on the outer panes. The walls are charcoal grey and the space through the window is a foggy white with a blurry grey rectangle on the bottom. The floor of the library is an overlapping "V" patterned brown wooden floor. There is an upper balcony above the bookshelves with the same banister as the down stairs entrance and made of a brown wood that is the same color as the bookshelves. The ceiling is solid and cream colored with a skylight shaped like a bottomless rectangular triangle with foggy white light shining through. The books come in a wide colors and sizes but most are roughly the same size and are nestled comfortably in their shelves, their are also several books on the ledge where halfway up the shelves where the remaining top shelves are further back into the wall. There are also two small silver overhanging light fixtures in a curving design that splits into a branch on either side each ending in a light with a flower shaped glass shade. On the right side of the room at the end of the base level and the balcony level is a beige rectangular wooden door. Hanging from the underside of the balcony is an array of simple black metal light fixtures.

Rabbi Jordan Soffer (’16) on the cost of Jewish Day School education

Two greyed-out hands, each holding a puzzle piece towards the other. The puzzle pieces are the same shape, a squarish middle section with 2missing circular sections on opposite sides and 2 outward jutting circular sections on the other two sides. The puzzle pieces are oriented towards each other so that they would fit, the left piece is rotated so that the jutting out sides are horizontal and the right piece is rotated so that the missing sections are horizontal. The image is photo realistic and the background is white.

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