Kenneth Brander

Rabbi Kenneth Brander is the Dean of the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). CJF serves as Yeshiva University's catalyst to: Infuse the student body with a spirit of leadership and sense of commitment to the Jewish people and society; Builds, cultivates, and supports communities, and their lay and rabbinic leaders; and creates a global movement that promotes the values of Yeshiva University.

Rabbi Brander is Rabbi Emeritus of the Boca Raton Synagogue and founder of the Weinbaum Yeshiva High School. During his 14 years of service to that community, he oversaw its explosive growth from 60 families to some 600 families. He is a 1984 alumnus of Yeshiva College, and received his ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1986. During that time served as the student assistant to the esteemed Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. In 1999 received special ordination from the Chief Rabbi, Mordechai Eliyahu, in the field of medical ethics and is completing a PhD in general philosophy at Florida Atlantic University.

He has received numerous awards for his community service, has authored many articles in various scholarly journals, and co-edited The Yeshiva University Haggadah. A resident of Teaneck, New Jersey[1] he is married to Rachel Tambor Brander and has five children.[2]

References

  1. ^ Goldrich, Lois. "YU initiative stresses women’s leadership role", Jewish Standard, June 21, 2007. Accessed October 19, 2011. "'It creates an incubator for future Jewish teachers,' he said, adding that when he moved to Teaneck, he found that while there were a lot of local classes for men, there were not many for women. Locating the upcoming beit midrash in Teaneck will help rectify that situation, he said, while providing a convenient location for the GPATS students, many of whom live in New York, 'to roll out their first beit midrash.'
  2. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. [yu.edu "Email"]. Center for the Jewish Future. Yeshiva University. yu.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2011.