Joseph Lookstein, the Glossary
Joseph Hyman Lookstein (יוסף לוקשטיין; December 25, 1902 – July 13, 1979) was a Russian-born American rabbi who served as spiritual leader of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and was a leader in Orthodox Judaism, including his service as president of the Rabbinical Council of America and of the cross-denominational Synagogue Council of America and New York Board of Rabbis.[1]
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29 relations: Bar-Ilan University, Belarus, Chancellor (education), City College of New York, Columbia University, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Haskel Lookstein, Israel, Manhattan, Max Jammer, Miami Beach, Florida, Mogilev, Moses S. Margolies, Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami), New York Board of Rabbis, New York Jewish Week, Orthodox Judaism, Pinkhos Churgin, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Rabbinical Council of America, Ramat Gan, Ramaz School, Russia, Russian Empire, Semikhah, Synagogue Council of America, Upper East Side, Yeshiva University.
- Orthodox rabbis from Russia
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School alumni
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, Universitat Bar-Ilan) is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
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Chancellor (education)
A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.
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City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (abbreviated as KJ or CKJ) is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 126 East 85th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.
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Haskel Lookstein
Haskel Lookstein (born March 21, 1932) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi. Joseph Lookstein and Haskel Lookstein are 20th-century American rabbis and rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary semikhah recipients.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
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Max Jammer
Max Jammer (מקס ימר; born Moshe Jammer,; April 13, 1915 – December 18, 2010), was an Israeli physicist and philosopher of physics. Joseph Lookstein and Max Jammer are Presidents of universities in Israel.
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Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
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Mogilev
Mogilev, also transliterated as Mahilyow (Mahilioŭ,; Mogilyov,; Mogilev), is a city in eastern Belarus.
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Moses S. Margolies
Moses Sebulun Margolies (April 1851 – August 25, 1936) (משה זבולן מרגליות) was a Russian-born American Orthodox who served as senior rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Joseph Lookstein and Moses S. Margolies are American Orthodox rabbis and Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States.
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Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami)
Mount Sinai Medical Center is a hospital located at 4300 Alton Road in Miami Beach, Florida, and is the largest private, independent not-for-profit teaching hospital in Florida.
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New York Board of Rabbis
The New York Board of Rabbis is an organization of Orthodox, Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis in New York State and the surrounding portions of Connecticut and New Jersey.
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New York Jewish Week
The Jewish Week is a weekly independent community newspaper targeted towards the Jewish community of the metropolitan New York City area.
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Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.
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Pinkhos Churgin
Pinkhos Churgin (Hebrew:; 1894–1957) was an Israeli scholar who was the first President of Bar-Ilan University. Joseph Lookstein and Pinkhos Churgin are Presidents of universities in Israel and Yeshiva University faculty.
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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University (YU).
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Rabbi Jacob Joseph School
The Rabbi Jacob Joseph School is an Orthodox Jewish day school located in Staten Island, New York that serves students from nursery through twelfth grade, with another branch in Edison, New Jersey.
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Rabbinical Council of America
The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union (OU).
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Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan (רָמַת גַּן or רָמַת־גַּן) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
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Ramaz School
The Ramaz School is an American coeducational Jewish Modern Orthodox day school which offers a dual curriculum of general studies taught in English and Judaic studies taught in Hebrew.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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Semikhah
Semikhah (סמיכה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination.
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Synagogue Council of America
The Synagogue Council of America was an American Jewish organization of synagogue and rabbinical associations, founded in 1926.
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Upper East Side
The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, bounded approximately by 96th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 59th Street to the south, and Central Park and Fifth Avenue to the west.
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Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.
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See also
Orthodox rabbis from Russia
- Adolf Shayevich
- Ahron Soloveichik
- Baruch Poupko
- Jacob ben Aaron
- Joseph Lookstein
- Malbim
- Mnachem Risikoff
- Nachum Kaplan
- Rapoport-Bick (rabbinic dynasty)
- Yakov Leybovich Fishman
- Yehuda Leib Gordin
- Yehuda Leib Tsirelson
- Zvi Yosef Resnick
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School alumni
- Ari L. Goldman
- Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
- Joseph Lookstein
- Leib Tropper
- Louis Henkin
- Raphael Marcus
- Reuven Bulka
- Robert Aumann
- Samuel Turk
- Sheldon Silver
- Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
- William Breitbart
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lookstein
Also known as Joseph H. Lookstein, Joseph Hyman Lookstein, Lookstein, Joseph.