Lander College
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The Lander College for Men (LCM) is a private, men's honors division of Touro College located in Kew Gardens Hills, New York, known for its programs in accounting, biology, computer science, political science, and rabbinical ordination. The accounting program is one of the top-ranked programs in the nation.
The Lander College for Men was created partially in response to dissatisfaction with the liberalization of Yeshiva University by some of YU's more right-wing religious members of the rabbinical faculty, including Rabbis Abba Bronspiegal and Yehuda Parnes. With the assistance of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, they created an alternative Orthodox Jewish college with the goal of providing a more religious and more challenging Yeshiva environment than the one they had left behind. The Lander College aimed to provide a rigorous college curriculum while maintaining a traditional Yeshiva environment without violation of Jewish law.
Lander's rabbinical staff now includes: Rabbi Abba Bronspiegel, Rosh HaYeshiva ; Rabbi Yehuda Parnes, Rosh HaYeshiva ; Rabbi Yehuda Shmulewitz, Menahel; Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveitchik ; Rabbi Moshe Bamberger, who serves as the Mashgiach Ruchani; Rabbi Crystal, Rabbi Rabinovicki, and Rabbi Dovid Mirsky. The college is also host to a number of well known educators, among them, Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol (Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania), Dean as well as professor of literature.
The College has a vibrant student life with an active student government currently led by student body president Seth Faigen, with notable former presidents being Ari Lustig, Moshe Orenstein, and David Lasker. The Director of Student Life is Mordechai "The Chozer" (literally "The Reviewer") Burg, who is also a member of its elite Kollel Elyon (a.k.a. "Super Kollel") and serves as assistant to the Menahel (Rabbi Shmulewitz).
LCM's recruitment division is currently led by Rabbi Barry Nathan, the former director of Long Island NCSY.
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[edit] History and status
The Lander College for Men opened its doors in the fall of 2000 on a 7-acre campus in Kew Gardens Hills, NY and graduated its first class in 2003.
[edit] Academic environment
Lander College For Men offers a wide range of majors within itself and through its parent, Touro College. In the business school there are majors in accounting, economics, finance, marketing, and a program combining management and marketing. There is also a Pre-Medical track which includes degrees in Biology, Psychology, or a combination of the two. The Computer Science and Mathematics faculty offers degrees in Information Services, Computer Science, Data Communications, Mathematics, and a track for pre-Actuarial students. There is also a major in Political Science with the option of a pre-Law track.
LCM boasts that its small class sizes allows for an emphasis on discussion and understanding, not just lectures. Additionally, it claims that its professors extensive research, business experience and professional connections allow for many options not availible at many larger universities.
[edit] Rebbeim
Rabbi Abba Bronspiegel (B.A. & M.A., Jewish History, Yeshiva University) - Rosh HaYeshiva
Rabbi Yehuda Parnes (B.S., Mathematics, Yeshiva University; M.S., Mathematics, Columbia University) - Rosh HaYeshiva
Rabbi Yehuda Shmulewitz (M.A., Biology, Georgia State University) - Menahel
Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveitchik (B.S., Mathematics, Roosevelt University in Chicago)
Rabbi Moshe Bamberger (B.S., Business, Touro College) - Mashgiach Ruchani
Rabbi Dovid Mirsky (B.S., Mathematics, Touro College)
Rav Moshe Stav will be visiting from KBY for the 2006/7 (5767) School Year, to teach a shiur. * [1]
[edit] Notable faculty
Dr. Ann Shinnar (B.S., M.S., & Ph.D., Biochemistry, Princeton University) - Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Ross Zucker (B.A., Political Science, Bennington College; M.Phil, Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University) - Professor of Political Science
Dr. Kenneth Bigel (B.A., Philosophy, City College; MBA & Ph.D., Business Ethics, New York University) - Professor of Finance
Dr. Kenneth Danishefsky (B.S., CUNY; M.S., Biochemistry, Columbia University; Ph.D., Biochemistry, CUNY) - Professor of Biology
Dr. Jonathan Robinson (B.S., M.S., & Ph.D., Computer Science, Queens College - CUNY) - Professor of Computer Science
Dr. Nouri Levy (M.S., Mathematics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Brown University) - Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Ira Teich (B.S. & MBA, Marketing, Long Island University; Ph.D., Marketing, New York University) - Professor of Marketing and Management
Dr. Dean Mendell (B.A., English, Queens College; M.A., English, Columbia University; Ph.D., English, Washington University in St. Louis) - Professor of English Composition
Prof. Arthur Budick (B.A., Literature, Cornell University; M.A., Literature, John Hopkins University) - Professor of Literature
[edit] Trivia
While LCM was created in response to dissatisfaction with Yeshiva University, they jokingly poke fun at their owns roots. For instance, Yeshiva University's student body is known as SOY which is short for "Students Organization of Yeshiva". LCM has a similarly named student body called YOS which stands for "Yeshiva Organization of Students".
[edit] See also
- Bar-Ilan University – a Tel Aviv based university which aims "to blend tradition with modern technologies and scholarship, and teach the compelling ethics of Jewish heritage to all”.
- Hebrew Theological College - a Chicago based institution, "preparing its graduates for roles as educators and Rabbis", while providing "broad cultural perspectives and a strong foundation in the Liberal Arts and Sciences."
- Yeshiva University - a New York City based university, whose undergraduate programs operate according to the Modern Orthodox philosophy of Bringing Wisdom to Life.
- Jerusalem College of Technology - a Jerusalem based college, founded to "educate students who see the synthesis of Jewish values and a profession as their way of life".
