Jeremy Wieder

Jeremy Weider

Personal
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	American
Denomination	Modern Orthodox
Alma mater	Yeshiva University

Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva	Yeshiva University
Residence	Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.

Kenneth Jeremy Wieder (born February 1971, also RKJW) is a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) of Yeshiva University, located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. He holds the Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Chair in Talmud.

Wieder was one of the first Americans to win the International Bible Contest,^[1] and later graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva College in 1991, and received an M.S. in American Jewish history from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and rabbinic ordination from RIETS in 1994. In 2005, he received a PhD in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey.^[2]

Wieder has over 500 lectures on Judaism captured on media and available online.

Wieder lives in Teaneck with his wife and two children.

References

^ Yair Rosenberg, ‘Jeopardy’ for Jews: Who Wants To Be the World’s Next Top Torah Scholar?, May 1, 2014, Tablet Magazine
^ Leichman, Abigail Klein. "Gathering of the gabbais", Jewish Standard, February 9, 2006. Accessed August 25, 2007. "Teaneck resident Rabbi Jeremy Wieder led the latter session."

External links

Shiurim by Rabbi Wieder
Rabbi Wieder's Blog
Vayavinu - The online home of leining and tefillah resources as well as shiurim by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

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Roshei Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University

Rosh HaYeshiva Emeritus: Norman Lamm
Dean: Menachem Penner
Dean Emeritus: Zevulun Charlop
Senior Mashgiach Ruchani: Yosef Blau
Mashgichim: Ely Bacon; Josh Blass
Roshei Yeshiva: Elchanan Adler; Assaf Bednarsh; Eliyahu Ben Haim; J. David Bleich; Yitzchok Cohen; Daniel Feldman; Menachem Genack; Meir Goldwicht; David Hirsch; Dovid Horwitz; Elyakim Koenigsberg; Dovid Miller; Yaakov Neuburger; Hershel Reichman; Michael Rosensweig; Hershel Schachter; Ezra Schwartz; Eli Baruch Shulman; Baruch Simon; Zvi Sobolofsky; Daniel Stein; Mayer Twersky; Jeremy Wieder; Mordechai Willig

Former Roshei Yeshiva: Avraham Eliezer Alperstein; Nisson Alpert; Yosef Leib Arnest; Samuel Belkin; Yehuda David Bernstein; Abba Bronspiegel; Ahron Dovid Burack; Avigdor Cyperstein; Solomon Drillman; Henoch Fishman; Yitzchok Ginsberg; Ozer Glickman; Yerucham Gorelick; Aharon Kahn; Michael Katz; Shlomo Nosson Kotler; Yaakov Moshe Lessin; Aharon Lichtenstein; Zvulun Lieberman; Dovid Lifshitz; Moses Meir Matlin; Shraga Feivel Paretzky; Yehuda Parnes; Shlomo Polachek; Moshe Aharon Poleyeff; Elazar Meir Preil; Bernard Revel; Shimon Romm; Yonason Sacks; Melech Schachter; Moshe Shatzkes; Shimon Shkop; Ahron Soloveichik; Joseph B. Soloveitchik; Moshe Soloveichik; Ephraim M. Steinberg; Moshe Tendler; Shmuel Volk; Joseph Weiss; Shalom Elchanan Yaffe; Gershon Yankelewitz; Mendel Zaks

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