Rabbi Ezra Schwartz

Rabbi Ezra Schwartz is a rosh yeshiva and associate director of RIETS, and the Harry Rabin Chair in Talmud and Jewish Law at Yeshiva University.

Headline / Perspectives

The Yom Kippur I Should Have Experienced

By Rabbi Ezra Schwartz

I like making lists. I entered Yom Kippur with a list of kabbalos I hoped to undertake, and as the day unfolded, I pared that list down to the few I could realistically maintain.

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.