Featured Student: Ya’akov Reterink
Ya’akov Reterink was born and raised in San Jose, California. He was brought up in what he describes as “a typical West Coast American Reform family.” He went to Sunday School and had a bar mitzvah ceremony. His family always had a Pesach seder and, depending on the year, observed some of the other holidays. […]
Featured Student: Yisroel Ragosin
Yisroel Ragosin is a true Shapell’s success story. He grew up in Vancouver, Canada in what he describes as, “A traditional but not particularly religious family. Growing up we always had Friday night dinners as a family and I attended a non-denominational Jewish Day School. Though I was always aware of being Jewish, it was […]
Featured Student: Isaac Ansell Forsyth
Isaac Ansell Forsyth grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland with, as he describes, “my wonderful family – parents and older two brothers. I was not particularly interested in Judaism, so all credit to my mother who made sure we kept involved in the Edinburgh Jewish community, even when it meant dragging us off the football (soccer) […]
Help us honor Mr. Shapell’s memory
As we approach the first yahrzeit of David Shapell z”l, we remember his deep commitment to the David Shapell College/Yeshiva Darche Noam and Midreshet Rachel v’Chaya, and the particular pride that he took in our ability to help young men and women build strong Jewish families. As a survivor of the Shoah, he found particularly […]
Shapell’s and MRC make an appearance on “Jew In the City”
Click here to see the original article by MRC alumna Allison Josephs: How Do You Know Which Orthodox Community To Join? NOVEMBER 9, 2015 BY ALLISON JOSEPHS I started my journey towards Jewish observance when the father of one of my classmates killed his two children and himself when I was eight years old. […]
FEATURED STUDENTS: SHAPELL’S MARRIED COUPLES PROGRAM STUDENTS BEN AND DANA KEIL
Ben Keil grew up in an Orthodox home in Northeast Philadelphia, and attended Jewish day schools through 12th grade. Ben earned bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Religion from Boston University, where he was very involved in Jewish life, and met his wife Dana. After graduating in 2010, Ben moved to New York City where he […]
Upcoming Faculty Visits this November
November is a great time to reconnect with Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel and help us meet the next successful students. We’re coming to see you in New York, London, Chicago, and 7 other cities! [subsection color=”” full_width=”0″ full_height=”0″ background=”” parallax=”0″ video=”0″ video_mp4=”” video_ogg=”” video_webm=””][/subsection] [row][one_half]Meeting Potential Students (by City): [accordion] [item title=”Ann Arbor, MI” icon=””]Nov. […]
FEATURED STUDENT: DR. YEHUDA ZAUDERER
Dr. Yehuda Zauderer grew up in a warm, traditional Jewish home in Suffolk County of Long Island, NY. He enjoys skiing, the outdoors, and playing ice hockey and drums. Yehuda attended Solomon Schechter from Kindergarten through twelfth grade, receiving a strong sense of Jewish identity. After high school, he attended Hofstra University where he began […]
Featured Student: Matt Neubauer
Shapell’s and MRC students are impressive people! This week, we are pleased to present the latest in a series of profiles of some of our excellent students. Matt Neubauer grew up in Springfield, NJ, enjoying both playing and watching sports particularly tennis and hockey (He is a “die hard” Rangers fan.) As a student at the […]
Rabbi Karlinsky: “Can Chumros Be Bad For Your Neshamah?”
Can Chumros Be Bad For Your Neshamah? Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky Originally published on www.cross-currents.com In his recent post on the “disappearing woman”, Rabbi Adlerstein highlighted two important points in the discussion that have ramifications well beyond the specific topic of eliminating pictures of the female half of our community from most charedi publications. I […]
