Yaakov Bender

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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. [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 such as RIETS and Israel. [9] [10]

In 1997 he was recognized as an outstanding Jewish educator by The Covenant Foundation. [11]

In 2024, he wrote a letter offering character support for OB/GYN Aaron Weinreb, during Weinreb's sentencing for allegedly repeatedly raping two 14-15 year old boys. [12]

COVID-19 vaccination advocacy

Bender encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying "We haven't lived through enough?" [2] [13]

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  1. ↑ Sharon Otterman (May 16, 2018). "DeVos Visits New York Schools, but Not Ones Run by the City". The New York Times .
  2. 1 2 Liam Stack (September 6, 2021). "For a Second Year, Jews Mark the High Holy Days in the Shadow of Covid". The New York Times .
  3. ↑ "darchei.org". August 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ "HEARTFELT" (PDF). January 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ Jeffrey Bessen (May 16, 2018). "Showing off Yeshiva Darchei Torah: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visits Far Rockaway school". Long Island Herald .
  6. ↑ "Mishpacha contributors: Rabbi Yaakov Bender".
  7. ↑ "Torah Umesorah Staff".
  8. ↑ Gliksman, Devorah (2009). A Tale of Two Worlds. Artscroll. ISBN   9781422608883.
  9. ↑ Rabbi Eliezer Brand (February 3, 2021). "The Crown Has Fallen". Ami .
  10. ↑ https://x.com/JSoundbites/status/1195890572956966918
  11. ↑ "1997 Covenant Award Recipient".
  12. ↑ "zaakahig".
  13. ↑ "Orthodox Rabbis Encourage the COVID Vaccine Ahead of Rosh Hashanah". The Jewish Exponent . September 3, 2021.
  14. ↑ Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash. Artscroll. January 2021. ISBN   978-1-4226-2777-8.
  15. ↑ "ArtScroll.com - Chinuch for Today - In Stock at ArtScroll!". www.artscroll.com. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  16. ↑ Chinuch With Heart: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2018. ISBN   978-1-4226-1967-4.
  17. ↑ Chinuch With Chessed: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2013. ISBN   978-1-4226-1340-5.
  18. ↑ The Chinuch Haggadah: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. March 2019. ISBN   978-1-4226-2287-2.
  19. ↑ Jay Michaelson (April 5, 2019). "The Best New Haggadot And The Best Of All Time". The Forward .
  20. ↑ Rav Yaakov * Bender on Chumash Vol. 2.
  21. ↑ Chinuch With Simchah.
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