Joel Blumenthal Wolowelsky (b. 1946) is a

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thinker and author. He is the dean of faculty at the

Yeshivah of Flatbush The Yeshivah of Flatbush is a Modern Orthodox private Jewish day school located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York. It educates students from age 2 to age 18 and includes an early childhood center, an elementary school and a secondary sc ...

high school, where he teaches

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and

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. He has written extensively on topics pertaining to the role of women in Judaism and

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. He served as Associate Editor of '' Tradition, the Journal of Jewish Thought'', and The Young One, published by the

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, the ''Tora u-Madda Journal'' published by

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City."About YU
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, and ''MeOtzer HoRav: Selected Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik''.

Education and career

Wolowelsky earned his

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degree at

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City."About YU
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in 1969 and his doctorate in philosophy at

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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development in 1979. He served as chairman of advanced placement studies at Yeshivah of Flatbush. Wolowelsky is on the advisory boards of the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

, the Boston Initiative for Excellence in Jewish Day Schools, and the Pardes Educators Program in Jerusalem.

Awards

*Yeshiva University Lifetime Achievement Award in Jewish Education (2010) *

Selected bibliography

Books

* (ed. with

Emanuel Feldman Emanuel Feldman (born August 26, 1927) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta, Georgia. During his nearly 40 years as a congregational rabbi, he oversaw the growth of the Orthodox community in Atlanta ...

) * * (ed.) * (ed. with Lawrence H. Schiffman) * (ed. with David Shatz) * * * (ed. with Emanuel Feldman) * * (ed. with Emanuel Feldman) * * *

MeOtzer HoRav series

* (ed. with David Shatz and Reuven Ziegler) * (ed. with Eli D. Clark and Reuven Ziegler) * (ed. with Reuven Ziegler) * (ed. with David Shatz and Reuven Ziegler) * (ed. with David Shatz)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolowelsky, Joel B. American Modern Orthodox Jews 1946 births Living people