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A Commentator/Observer
Presidential Special Joint Issue
Standing Together
The collaboration of the Commentator and the Observer for this special
issue reflects both practical and symbolic considerations. Since the news
impacts equally on both our schools, we combined our efforts so as to
improve the quality of our coverage. More significantly, because Yeshiva
now has two men at its helm the potential for a schism to rupture the
University is more acute than ever before.
We showed the first display of unity; we hope that our leaders will
follow suit.
Richard
Joel Elected Yeshiva President in Board Vote
First Presidential
Transition Since 1976
by Miriam Colton and Yehoshua Levine
Capping off an intense and historic evening, Richard M. Joel was elected the fourth President of Yeshiva University and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary last night.
But
He’s Not a Rabbi!
by Caryn Litt and Zack Streit
In 78-year history, Yeshiva has always prided itself on looking up to one leader, who served the University both as President and Rosh HaYeshiva of the affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Seminary. But, for the first time in its history it will now have two.
The
Making’s of a President: Joel’s Life in Focus
by Miriam Colton and Caryn Litt
Richard Joel, President and International Director of Hillel since 1988, has been a key player in reviving Jewish identity on college campuses around the world. During his fourteen years at Hillel, Joel demonstrated his skills in organizational management and fundraising, thereby rehabilitating the “moribound organization” and becoming a leading spokesman for young Jews.
Constructing
a Vision: Joel’s Building Blocks
by Yehoshua Levine and Zack Streit
As part of the process aimed at familiarizing Mr. Joel with Yeshiva’s many constituents, seven student leaders met with Joel for over two hours last Tuesday to discuss his goals for the University, focusing particularly on those relating to the student body. What follows is a list of selected sound-bites of President Joel responding to some of the larger issues affecting Yeshiva and its students:
Rabbi
Lamm: A Retrospective
by Yehoshua Levine and Yehuda Kraut
From the founding of Yeshiva College in 1928 until yesterday, only three individuals bore the mantle of Yeshiva’s presidency. Each, in his own distinctive fashion, strove to advance an ideal extant since the formation of the College, namely, “the pursuit, interpretation, and advancement of universal knowledge in harmony with the great affirmations of Judaism
We first express relief that the protracted and embarrassing search process has come to a conclusion. After a year and a half of selecting, scrutinizing and scaring away candidates, the Yeshiva board has finally found its man. No longer must we lament our plight as “the congregation of God that are like sheep that have no shepherd” (Numbers 27:17).
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