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Jack Biel­er

Jack Biel­er is Rab­bi of Kemp Mill Syn­a­gogue in Sil­ver Spring, MD. He was a stu­dent of Rab­bi Riskin at Yeshi­va Uni­ver­si­ty and fac­ul­ty mem­ber of the Joseph Shapiro Insti­tute of Jew­ish Stud­ies. Sub­se­quent­ly, he was Chair­man of the Tal­mud Depart­ment of Yeshi­v­at Ramaz and per­ma­nent Schol­ar-in-Res­i­dence at Con­gre­ga­tion Kehi­lath Jeshurun.He has pub­lished and lec­tured exten­sive­ly on the phi­los­o­phy of Mod­ern Ortho­dox education.
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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Ronald Heifetz, fwd.
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