Smadar Rosensweig
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Smadar Rosensweig is professor of Bible at Yeshiva University
's Stern College for Women
, as well as a professor of biblical studies at Allegra Franco Sephardic Women’s Teachers College. Previously, she was a professor of Judaic studies and history at Touro College
.
Professor Rosensweig received her B.A. from Barnard College
, M.A. ('87) and M.Phil ('89) from Columbia University
. She gives shiurim and lectures extensively throughout the New York metropolitan area and across the country.
She is the daughter of Rabbi Dr. David Eliach and Dr. Yaffa Eliach
, renown Holocaust Scholar and professor emeritus at Brooklyn College. Her husband, Rabbi Dr. Michael Rosensweig
, is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University.
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
's Stern College for Women
Stern College for Women
Stern College for Women is the undergraduate women's college of arts and sciences at Yeshiva University. It is located at Yeshiva University's Israel Henry Beren Campus in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan....
, as well as a professor of biblical studies at Allegra Franco Sephardic Women’s Teachers College. Previously, she was a professor of Judaic studies and history at Touro College
Touro College
Touro College is a sponsored independent institution of higher and professional education, in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by Dr. Bernard Lander, the College was established primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, and to serve the larger American community...
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Professor Rosensweig received her B.A. from Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
, M.A. ('87) and M.Phil ('89) from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. She gives shiurim and lectures extensively throughout the New York metropolitan area and across the country.
She is the daughter of Rabbi Dr. David Eliach and Dr. Yaffa Eliach
Yaffa Eliach
Yaffa Eliach is a historian, author, and scholar of Judaic Studies and the Holocaust. She is probably best known for creating the “Tower of Life” made up by 1,500 photographs for permanent display at the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.-Life:Yaffa Eliach was born Yaffa Sonenson to a Jewish...
, renown Holocaust Scholar and professor emeritus at Brooklyn College. Her husband, Rabbi Dr. Michael Rosensweig
Michael Rosensweig
Michael Rosensweig is a Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.-Education:Rabbi Rosensweig graduated early from the Yeshiva High School of Queens...
, is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University.