Rabbi Bernard Revel

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Rabbi Bernard Revel was an influential early 20th-century Orthodox Jewish scholar and educator who pioneered the integration of traditional yeshiva learning with modern academic studies in the United States.

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instanceOf Jewish educator
Orthodox rabbi
Talmudic scholar
rabbi
university president
yeshiva head
academicDegree PhD
birthDate 1885-09-17
birthName Dov Revel NERFINISHED
birthPlace Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire NERFINISHED
Shavli, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire NERFINISHED
child Herschel Revel NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
deathDate 1940-12-02
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED
doctoralAdvisor Cyrus Adler NERFINISHED
doctoralThesisTitle The Karaite Halakah NERFINISHED
educatedAt Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning NERFINISHED
Kovno Kollel NERFINISHED
Telshe Yeshiva NERFINISHED
University of Pennsylvania
employer Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
Yeshiva College NERFINISHED
Yeshiva University (precursor institutions) NERFINISHED
era early 20th century
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Revel NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Jewish education
Talmudic studies
rabbinic leadership
givenName Bernard NERFINISHED
hasPartInLegacy Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies NERFINISHED
immigratedTo United States of America
influenced development of Modern Orthodox higher education in America
knownFor founding president of Yeshiva College
leadership of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)
pioneering integration of traditional yeshiva learning with modern academic studies in the United States
languageSpoken English
Hebrew
Yiddish
movement Modern Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
name Bernard Revel NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bernard Revel NERFINISHED
positionHeld head of Yeshiva and RIETS
president of Yeshiva College
rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
religion Judaism
religiousMovement Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
spouse Sarah Travis NERFINISHED
yearOfImmigration 1906

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Yeshiva University founder Rabbi Bernard Revel