MTA Class of 2003

09/18/2024

Yasher Koach to our former classmate, Rabbi Dr. Moshe Goldfeder, Esq. on his witness testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee regarding hate crimes yesterday: https://x.com/MarkGoldfeder/status/1836411097055670697

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-09-17_-_testimony_-_goldfeder.pdf

Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder, Esq. is the CEO & Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, Inc. He is also the Senior Partner with Goldfeder & Terry, LLC. Previously, he served as the founding Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series on Law and Judaism, a Trustee of the Center for Israel Education, and as an adviser to the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations.

Goldfeder has taught law across the country and around the world as Senior Lecturer at Emory University School of Law, Spruill Family Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Director of the Restoring Religious Freedom Project, and as a visiting professor at Georgia State University School of Law, Florida Southern College, University of Padua (Italy), Scuola Galileana (Italy), IDC’s Radzyner Law School (Israel) and Bar Ilan Law School (Israel).

Goldfeder holds two rabbinic ordinations (yoreh yoreh; Yeshiva University and Rivavot Ephraim) and two judicial ordinations (yadin yadin; Rav Gedaliah Dov Schwartz, Av Beth Din, Rabbinical Council of America and Chicago Rabbinical Council, and Rav Dovid Schochet, President, Toronto Rabbinical Council). Source: https://jewishadvocacycenter.org/leadership/

Senate Judiciary Committee

01/18/2024

Mazel Tov to our classmate, Rabbi Daniel Ross Goodman, Ph.D., who will be discussing his new book next week with JTS Chancellor Emeritus Arnold Eisen:
Professor Arnold Eisen, chancellor emeritus and professor of Jewish Thought at JTS and author Daniel Ross Goodman will discuss Soloveitchik’s Children, a book that delves into how three of the Rav’s most influential disciples in Jewish thought and philosophy—Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, Rabbi David Hartman, and Jonathan Sacks—learned from and adapted his teachings in their own ways, while advancing his philosophical and theological legacy.

Professor Arnold Eisen, chancellor emeritus and professor of Jewish Thought at JTS and author Daniel Ross Goodman will discuss Soloveitchik's Children, about how three of Soloveitchik’s most influential disciples in Jewish thought and philosophy learned from and adapted his teachings in their own ...

01/17/2024

Condolences to our classmate, Rabbi Motti Neuburger and his family, as well as all of Rabbi Charlop ZT"L's talmidim and ba'alei batim.

Condolences to the Charlop and Neuburger Families on the loss of our Dean Emeritus, Rabbi Zevulun Charlop z"l

The funeral will take place tomorrow, January 17th at 10:00 a.m.
Livestream to watch funeral https://bit.ly/48BzhRk

11/07/2023

Perspective on the laws of war in urban settings from our former classmate, Moshe Goldfeder, in The Hill: "From an international law perspective, the IDF is as ethical an army as ever existed or could exist, and as they head into what will likely be a bloody and devastating ground campaign, there are two important truths to bear in mind: every innocent life lost is tragic, and every one of those tragedies is the fault of the terror organization Hamas."

As the ground engagement ramps up in Gaza, it is important to preview some of the particular challenges the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will face while conducting urban warfare.

08/18/2023

Mazel Tov to our classmate, J Alex, on being lauded among the "Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch" for Tax Law and Trusts & Estates! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jason-a-lederman-1a278415_bestlawyers-onestowatch-bestlawyersinamerica-activity-7098132763387551744-SqKu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

08/14/2023

Perspectives from the new book by our classmate, Rabbi Daniel Ross Goodman, Ph.D., in the Washington Examiner:

Orthodoxy is the only major American Jewish denomination that is growing.

06/01/2023

B'Hatzlacha to our classmate, Rabbi Daniel Ross Goodman, Ph.D., on the upcoming publishing of his book, "Soloveitchik's Children: Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America (Jews and Judaism: History and Culture)" Preorder it:

Soloveitchik's Children: Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America (Jews and Judaism: History and Culture)

03/31/2023

Meir Popowitz, '03, continues to inspire with his holy voice, as profiled in The Jewish Link - Expanded Edition!

Meir Popowitz, a vocalist and chazan who has joined many of today’s Jewish musical acts on stage for many kinds of events and concerts, has sung at quite a few weddings over the last few years, and has noticed something special about them. “For me, music is what makes a w...

03/03/2023

Mazel Tov to our Rebbe, Rabbi Rothwachs on his upcoming Aliyah!

Last month, Rabbi Larry Rothwachs wrote to his community in Teaneck, informing them that he will likely let his contract with Congregation Beth Aaron expire in 2027, as he prepares to head a new community in Ramat Bet Shemesh called Rotshtein Heights. As a result of this announcement, the call...

01/13/2023

In honor of the first yahrzeit of our dear rebbe, Rabbi Dulitz, ZT"L, Ezra N. Rich shares a Dvar Torah on Shemos:

Growing Up January 13, 2023 Jewish Thought of the Week | My Jewish Buffalo By Ezra N. Rich I dedicate this Jewish Thought in memory of my special high school rebbe, Rabbi Label Dulitz (HaRav Aryeh Leib ben Moshe), ZT”L, as today—20 Tevet—is his first yahrzeit. Rabbi Dulitz was a devoted discip...