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Please see the discussion on the talk page. | Richard M. Joel (b. 1950) is the fourth president of Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox Jewish university with a network of schools, colleges, and universities in New York City. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...
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Academic credentials Richard M. Joel received his bachelor's and law degrees from New York University. He received an honorary doctoral degree from Hebrew College. Joel was an assistant district attorney in New York, an associate dean at YU's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and member of its faculty. New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...
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At Hillel From 1989 to 2003, Joel served as president and international director of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, an organization which supports Jewish life for college and university students throughout the world. According to Hillel's Form 990 available on Guidestar, Joel earned almost $400,000 in both 2001-02 and 2002-03. While he was successful at increasing the number of students involved, critics argued that this was as a result of providing stylish, yet meaningless Judaism instead of substantive Judaism. Critics also argued that Joel's tenure was marked by a domineering approach to the Jewish campus scene, and organizations that didn't join the Hillel umbrella were pushed off campus. (More on criticism of Hillel.) Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Hillel International) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. ...
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Hillel International) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. ...
Also during his tenure at Hillel, Joel served as the head of the special commision empaneled by the OU to investigate allegations that community leadership had ignored charges against the abusive outreach rabbi Baruch Lanner. The commission concluded that many OU and NCSY leaders had made serious errors in judment.
At Yeshiva University Joel became president of YU in 2003, succeeding Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, who had been president since 1976 and continues to work as the university's chancellor. According to YU's Form 990 (available on Guidestar), Joel earned $513,000 in salary and benefits in 2003-04, his first year as president, compared to Dr. Lamm's compensation of about $370,000 in his 27th year. Joel's appointment was controversial due to his lack of rabbinic credentials, which all three previous YU presidents possessed. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Norman (Nochum) Lamm, or Dr. Norman Lamm, (born, 1927, Brooklyn, USA), major modern Orthodox Judaism Jewish communal leader. ...
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Vision for the Future In 2005, Joel announced plans to expand YU's undergraduate population by 1000 students over the following five to seven years. That same year, he founded YU's Center for the Jewish Future and appointed Rabbi Kenneth Brander as its dean. He has continued to draw in scholars from afar, appointing Rabbi Jacob J. Schachter as the center's Senior Scholar. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
As president of YU, Joel's goal has been to promote nobility, excellence, community, and connection to Israel among university students. According to his online biography, "The pillars of his vision are nobility of purpose, excellence in education and endeavor, community building and communal responsibility, and a visceral connection with Israel and its people." [1]
In 2005 Israel's Ministry of Education stopped recognizing some of YU's degrees because they accredited non-academic study at Israeli yeshivas. Joel appeared before the Knesset education and immigration committees in June 2006 in an effort to resolve this impasse.
External links - A year later, Education Ministry still not recognizing Yeshiva U. degrees - Haaretz
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