The Lander College for Men is a private men's division of

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located in Kew Gardens Hills,

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. Its stated goal is to provide a college curriculum while maintaining a traditional

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environment. Generally, its attendees are students who have attended post-high school programs studying

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prior to their attendance, primarily in

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Background and history

The Lander College for Men opened in the fall of 2000, and before long moved onto its campus in Kew Gardens Hills. It graduated its first class in 2003. Geoffrey Alderman, who was a Vice President of Touro College, was Dean of the Lander College for Men from its inception, and served until the end of February 2002. He left to work at American InterContinental University in the UK. The current dean of the Lander College for Men, Dr. Moshe Sokol, succeeded him at that time. In May 2012. Rabbi Abba Bronspigel retired from the position of Rosh HaYeshiva of Beis Medrash L'Talmud. He was succeeded by Rabbi

Yonason Sacks Yonason Sacks is an Orthodox rabbi and the Rosh Yeshiva of Lander College for Men, a division of Touro University, as well as the spiritual leader of the Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov in Passaic, New Jersey. Family Sacks' grandfather was one ...

and Rabbi Doniel Lander in the Fall of 2012. In the biography of Rabbi Dr.

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, it is stated that the Lander College for Men was created partially in response to dissatisfaction with the liberalization of Yeshiva University during the tenure of Rabbi Dr.

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. In response to this, some of Yeshiva University's rabbinical faculty, specifically

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s Abba Bronspigel and Yehuda Parnes, decided to leave the school. With the assistance of Lander, they created a school with the goal of providing a more religious and more challenging

environment than that of Yeshiva University. Bernard Lander called the Lander College for Men the "flagship" of

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Academic environment

This is a dual curriculum program involving college courses along with Judaic studies. The vast majority of students in the school transfer from Israeli institutions focusing on post-high school full-time Judaic studies, where most have studied for multiple years. The school has a

program, in conjunction with the associated Beis Medrash L'Talmud, for full-time Judaic studies for students who are either pre- or post-college. In accordance with school policy, all students are required to pray with the school's prayer services thrice daily. All students must also attend the morning program of Talmud studies, usually from 9:00am until 2:15pm, each Sunday through Thursday, with a break for lunch (the schedule varies by day). Following afternoon prayers at 2:20pm, academic classes start, Monday through Thursday, lasting until 7:00pm or so for most students. Night Seder (evening Judaic studies) from 8pm until 10pm is also officially mandatory, unless exempted by specific classes such as labs.

Notable alumni

* Daniel Rosenthal (born 1991), politician who has since 2017 represented the 27th District in the

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and was the Assembly's youngest member when he took office.Biography of Daniel Rosenthal

. Accessed January 27, 2018. "Daniel is the youngest sitting member of the New York State Legislature. He is a graduate of Lander College for Men and resides in Kew Gardens Hills."

Notable faculty

, Rosh Yeshiva

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