Yaakov Bender
Yaakov Bender[1][2] (born 1950) is an American Orthodox rabbi. He is the rosh hayeshiva (dean) of Yeshiva Darchei Torah (Far Rockaway).[3] He was appointed[4] first as a seventh-grade rebbi (Hebrew teacher) in 1978 and less than a year later as principal. The school's enrollment has grown since then and now exceeds 2,500.[5] Bender is a speaker, writer[6] and adviser on Jewish education.
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He is an active member of the Vaad Roshei Yeshiva - the governing rabbinic board - of Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools.[7]
His parents, Rabbi Dovid and Basya Bender, were pioneering educators on the American Jewish scene.[8] His paternal grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Bender, traveled in the 1930s within the United States to raise funds for yeshivas in New York and Israel.[9]
In 1997 he was recognized as an outstanding Jewish educator by The Covenant Foundation.[10]
COVID-19 vaccination advocacy
Bender encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying "We haven't lived through enough?"[2][11]
Works
References
- Sharon Otterman (May 16, 2018). "DeVos Visits New York Schools, but Not Ones Run by the City". The New York Times.
- Liam Stack (September 6, 2021). "For a Second Year, Jews Mark the High Holy Days in the Shadow of Covid". The New York Times.
- "darchei.org". August 23, 2018.
- "HEARTFELT" (PDF). January 14, 2018.
- Jeffrey Bessen (May 16, 2018). "Showing off Yeshiva Darchei Torah: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visits Far Rockaway school". Long Island Herald.
- "Mishpacha contributors: Rabbi Yaakov Bender".
- "Torah Umesorah Staff".
- Gliksman, Devorah (2009). A Tale of Two Worlds. Artscroll. ISBN 9781422608883.
- Rabbi Eliezer Brand (February 3, 2021). "The Crown Has Fallen". Ami.
- "1997 Covenant Award Recipient".
- "Orthodox Rabbis Encourage the COVID Vaccine Ahead of Rosh Hashanah". The Jewish Exponent. September 3, 2021.
- Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash. Artscroll. January 2021. ISBN 978-1-4226-2777-8.
- "ArtScroll.com - Chinuch for Today - In Stock at ArtScroll!". www.artscroll.com. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- Chinuch With Heart: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2018. ISBN 978-1-4226-1967-4.
- Chinuch With Chessed: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2013. ISBN 978-1-4226-1340-5.
- The Chinuch Haggadah: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. March 2019. ISBN 978-1-4226-2287-2.
- Jay Michaelson (April 5, 2019). "The Best New Haggadot And The Best Of All Time". The Forward.
- Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash Vol. 2.