About Rabbi Soloveichik

Rabbi Soloveichik

Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik is one of the world’s preeminent Jewish thinkers and educators, and he’s one of America’s most influential religious leaders. He is the senior rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. He is also director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. Rabbi Soloveichik has lectured internationally to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences on topics relating to faith in America, the Hebraic roots of the American founding, Jewish theology, bioethics, wartime ethics, Jewish-Christian relations, and more. He writes a monthly column in Commentary magazine, and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Mosaic, First Things, Azure, Tradition, the Jewish Review of Books, and many other outlets. Rabbi Soloveichik is a descendant of one of the Jewish world’s great rabbinic dynasties. He graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva University, received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and studied at its Beren Kollel Elyon. He has also studied at Yale Divinity School, and in 2010 received his doctorate in religion from Princeton University.

The Content

Through video courses and conversations, podcasts and essays, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik invites us on a great intellectual journey. His work moves seamlessly from the Hebrew Bible to modern Zionism, from the miraculous moments in Jewish history to the influence of Jewish ideas on Western civilization and American democracy, from great art to political leadership. And it is now all available here, in full, from anywhere in the world.

The Audience

Rabbi Soloveichik’s content is for anyone interested in Jewish ideas. His teachings engage committed Jews interested in Rabbi Soloveichik’s distinctive theological approach, and wisdom-seeking Jews with little prior knowledge or background looking for an intellectual gateway to Judaism. His teachings engage religious Christians interested in the Hebraic roots of their own faith and in the meaning of modern Israel, and secular men and women interested in the influence of the Jewish people on the history of the world. Rabbi Soloveichik aims to engage people of all ages, faiths, and nationalities who believe that the Jewish story is worth knowing and understanding.