Rabbi Bernard Revel

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Rabbi Bernard Revel was an influential early 20th-century Orthodox Jewish scholar and educator who pioneered the integration of traditional yeshiva learning with modern academic studies in the United States.

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instanceOf Jewish educator ⓘ
Orthodox rabbi ⓘ
Talmudic scholar ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
university president ⓘ
yeshiva head ⓘ
academicDegree PhD ⓘ
birthDate 1885-09-17 ⓘ
birthName Dov Revel ⓘ
birthPlace Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Kovno Governorate

Shavli, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ
child Herschel Revel ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1940-12-02 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Cyrus Adler ⓘ
doctoralThesisTitle The Karaite Halakah ⓘ
educatedAt Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning ⓘ
Kovno Kollel ⓘ
Telshe Yeshiva ⓘ
linked to: Telz Yeshiva

University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
employer Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ⓘ
Yeshiva College ⓘ
Yeshiva University (precursor institutions) ⓘ
linked to: Yeshiva College
era early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Revel ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish education ⓘ
Talmudic studies ⓘ
rabbinic leadership ⓘ
givenName Bernard ⓘ
hasPartInLegacy Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
influenced development of Modern Orthodox higher education in America ⓘ
knownFor founding president of Yeshiva College ⓘ
leadership of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) ⓘ
pioneering integration of traditional yeshiva learning with modern academic studies in the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
movement Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
name Bernard Revel ⓘ
namedAfter Bernard Revel ⓘ
positionHeld head of Yeshiva and RIETS ⓘ
president of Yeshiva College ⓘ
rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousMovement Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
spouse Sarah Travis ⓘ
yearOfImmigration 1906 ⓘ

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Yeshiva University → founder → Rabbi Bernard Revel ⓘ