Rabbi Gershon Bacon – Associate Professor of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University, where he occupies the Klein Chair for the History of the Rabbinate in Europe in Modern Times. Author of The Politics of Tradition. Agudat Yisrael in Poland 1916-1939. Member of UTJ’s Panel of Halakhic Inquiry.
Rabbi David Halivni – Reish Metivta of the UTJ’s Institute of Traditional Judaism. Recipient of Israel’s highest award, Pras Yisrael (The Israel Prize), the coveted Bialik Prize and author of numerous books, including the eleven-volume commentary on the Talmud, Mekorot u’Mesorot (Sources and Traditions), and the inspiring Holocaust memoir, The Book and the Sword. He is considered by many to be the world’s greatest living Talmudist. He was Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization at Columbia University and Chairman of its Department of Religion.
He is currently teaching at Bar Ilan University and Hebrew University as well as serving as our Reish Metivta.
Rabbi Dr. Michael Kaplowitz – He is head of the Division of Consultation—Liaison Psychiatry at the New York Medical Center of Queens and has a private practice. He teaches Rabbinic counseling and is involved in special education projects for the Metivta.
Rabbi Leonard R. Levy – Received his Ph.D. in Jewish law and teaches Halakhah at the Metivta. Rabbi Levy chairs the UTJ Publications Committee
Rabbi David Novak – J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Professor at the University of Toronto. A founder and President of the UTJ, founding faculty member of the Metivta and coordinator of the UTJ’s Panel of Halakhic Inquiry. Author of numerous volumes on Jewish law, ethics, and philosophy, and a renowned expert on interfaith dialogue. His latest books are The Jewish Social Contract: A Essay in Political Theology (Princeton University Press, 2005), and Talking with Christians: Musings of a Jewish Theologian (Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2005).
Rabbi Ronald D. Price – Executive Vice President, Emeritus of the UTJ and the Dean Emeritus of the Metivta. Co-creator of “Taking the MTV Challenge”, a Jewish response to pop culture, which is now taught in more than 300 educational institutions across the denominational spectrum.
Hakham (Rabbi) Isaac Sassoon –Â Segen Reish Metivta. Rabbi Dr. Sassoon is a founding faculty member of the Institute of Traditional Judaism, the Metivta. He is the author of Ha-arev Na (English title “Destination Torah”), a commentary on the Torah. His most recent book is “The Status of Women in Jewish Tradition” was published in 2011. Rabbi Sassoon studied at the Gateshead Yeshiva in England, received his doctorate from the University of Lisbon and is an expert in both Sephardic and Ashkenazic scholarship.
Rabbi Richard Wolpoe – Was ordained by Yeshiva University/Reits and graduate of Bernard Revel Graduate School, majoring in Jewish history. Rabbi Wolpoe is a pioneer on the “Jewish Internet” discussion groups such as UTJ-L and Aishdas Society’s Avodah List.
Rabbi Alan J. Yuter – Faculty member of the ITJ and adjunct faculty member of Fairleigh Dickinson University, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel Community College. Author of many articles and papers on Jewish law and Jewish thought. Rabbi Yuter was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi M.D. Tendler, and the Israeli Sephardic Rabbinate, and holds a Ph.D. in Modern Hebrew Literature from New York University. He is the spiritual leader of B’nai Israel Congregation, the orthodox synagogue of downtown Baltimore, Maryland.