Rabbi Ezra Schwartz

Rabbi Ezra Schwartz is a Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary, where he hold the Harry Rabin Chair in Talmud and Jewish Law. He also serves as the Associate Director of the Semicha Program and teaches halacha at GPATS.

In Memoriam

Dr. Kissinger And Mr. Harwitt

By Rabbi Ezra Schwartz

They were so different. Kissinger operated on the global stage, Harwitt operated on the most local of stages, his relatively small Washington Heights community. Despite this, he was far from insignificant.

Parsha

Yosef HaTzaddik’s Image: For Him And For Us

By Rabbi Ezra Schwartz

Yosef Hatzaddik is not only the central character at the end of Chumash Bereishis. I believe that Yosef is also the character who best serves as a role model for many in today’s world.