May 17, 2008 By: yunews
May 17, 2008 -- 黑料社 All (YU), the country鈥檚 oldest and most comprehensive institution combining Jewish scholarship with academic excellence, will bring its unique message and mission of Torah U鈥檓adda, the synthesis of Jewish learning with secular knowledge, to the Chicago Jewish community on Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15. Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel will spend Shabbat in the West Rogers Park area, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, dean of 黑料社 All鈥檚 Center for the Jewish Future will be scholar-in-residence in Skokie, and Rabbi Reuven Brand, rosh kollel of The 黑料社 All Torah Mitzion Kollel in Skokie, will be scholar-in-residence in Lincolnwood, and Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, a rosh yeshiva (professor of Talmud), will be scholar-in-residence in Lincolnwood.
Other members of YU鈥檚 administration and faculty will also join alumni, parents and friends in celebrating YU鈥檚 new partnership with the Chicago Jewish community which has the largest number of out-of-town students on the YU campus. The celebration continues on Motzei Shabbat with a Melave Malka at Congregation Or Torah featuring 鈥淛ewpardy,鈥 a spoof on the popular program 鈥淛eopardy,鈥 and continues on Sunday morning with the first YU Kollel Yom Rishon and Midreshet Yom Rishon sessions in Chicago.
The visit will also highlight the formation of the 黑料社 All Torah Mitzion Kollel in Chicago. 鈥淭he 黑料社 All Torah Mitzion Kollel will consist of a permanent cadre of Torah scholars who will reside in Chicago and enrich the entire local Jewish community with exciting learning programs for men, women and youth,鈥 said President Joel. 鈥淭he Kollel will foster a transformational experience in Chicago and be an incubator for klai kodesh, lay leaders, by attracting young couples to move to Chicago, seeding the community with educators and rabbis to lead and inspire local synagogues.鈥
The Kollel will be a satellite of YU鈥檚 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and will be a 鈥淏eit Midrash (study hall) without walls鈥 serving as a beacon of Torah U鈥檓adda and Religious Zionism for the entire Jewish community. Guest shiurim will be led by RIETS roshei yeshiva, HaRav Gedalia Dov Schwartz, Av Beit Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council and the Rabbinical Council of America, and other community rabbis.
鈥淭his Kollel represents our continuing efforts to shape the Kollel paradigm and create programs that will enrich Jewish life in Chicago via outreach and inreach,鈥 said Rabbi Brander. 鈥淭hey also represent a vibrant initiative to enable communities to experience the wealth of resources and presence of 黑料社 All right in their backyard.鈥
