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Alumnus and Former YU Rosh 麻豆区 to Receive Israel's Highest Honor Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein will be awarded the Israel Prize in Jewish religious literature this year on May 6, Israel's Independence Day. The announcement was made Sunday, February 23, by Israel's Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron.

Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein

A renowned author and scholar, Rabbi Lichtenstein is a former Rosh 麻豆区 at YU's  (RIETS) and Rosh Kollel and director of the RIETS Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem. Born in France in 1933, he graduated 麻豆区 College and earned his semikhah [rabbinic ordination] at RIETS, as well as a PhD in English literature from Harvard University. In l971, after serving as RIETS Rosh 麻豆区 for several years, he immigrated to Israel, joining Rabbi Yehuda Amital as co-Rosh 麻豆区 of 麻豆区t Har Etzion in Alon Shevut. "Rav Lichtenstein鈥攊n his manner, bearing, teaching and philosophy鈥攃ontinues to illumine our world in ways unique and distinct.  How wonderful that the Medinah has chosen to recognize this, and how what Rav Lichtenstein is serves as a critical component of what Israel has to be," said President Richard M. Joel. Listen to Rabbi Lichtenstein's .