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Encyclopedia > Aharon Feldman

Rabbi Aharon Feldman is the Rosh Yeshsiva (Dean) of the Ner Israel Rabbinical College (also known as NIRC) an Orthodox yeshiva in Baltimore, Maryland and one of the premier yeshivas in the world. He has held this position since 2000. Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ... Yeshiva Ner Yisrael: Ner Israel Rabbinical College also known as NIRC and known colloquially as Ner, is a yeshiva in Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1933 by Rabbi Yakov Yitzchok Ruderman who was a key disciple of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel of the famous Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania, Europe. ... This article is about the Jewish educational system. ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town[1][2], B-more Motto: The Greatest City in America,[3] Get in on it. ... This article is about the Jewish educational system. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


His is part of the Feldman rabbinic family, his brother being Emanuel Feldman the current editor of Tradition Magazine.


In 1994 he spoke publicly against the actions of Baruch Goldstein saying that there could be "no justification," and describing the actions as "way beyond the pale."[1] 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Baruch Kappel Goldstein (December 9 or December 12, 1956–February 25, 1994, Hebrew: ‎) was an American-Israeli physician who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron, killing 29 Arab attendants of the Ibrahimi Mosque (within the Cave of the Patriarchs) and wounding another 150...


He was interviewed in the 2001 documentary film Trembling before God about young orthodox Jewish gay men.[2] 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 2005 he was one of 15 Jewish educators invited to an informal discussion on Jewish education in the White House's Roosevelt Room.[3] 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Citations

  1. ^ Way Beyond The Pale: Rabbis say Baruch Goldstein's murder rampage, Steve Lipman, Jewish Week, March 10, 1994
  2. ^ Trembling Before Gd overreaches, Deseret News, February 14, 2003
  3. ^ Bush hosts discussion on Jewish education, Ellen Schur Brown, Cleveland Jewish News, December 16, 2005


 
 

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