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
birthPlace Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
linked to: Kovno Governorate

Shavli, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
child Herschel Revel
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
doctoralAdvisor Cyrus Adler
doctoralThesisTitle The Karaite Halakah
educatedAt Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
Kovno Kollel
Telshe Yeshiva
linked to: Telz Yeshiva

University of Pennsylvania
employer Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Yeshiva College
Yeshiva University (precursor institutions)
linked to: Yeshiva College
era early 20th century
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Revel
fieldOfWork Jewish education
Talmudic studies
rabbinic leadership
givenName Bernard
hasPartInLegacy Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies
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
name Bernard Revel
namedAfter Bernard Revel
positionHeld head of Yeshiva and RIETS
president of Yeshiva College
rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
religion Judaism
religiousMovement Orthodox Judaism
spouse Sarah Travis
yearOfImmigration 1906

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Yeshiva University founder Rabbi Bernard Revel